On Wed, 19 May 2004, Munzir Taha wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mimo]$ cut -b1 file3 > ï > ï > ï > ï > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mimo]$ > > Can you notice the ladder shape, the spaces embedded to the left. Even the > prompt is affected. cut -b should only display the first byte of each line > and they should be aligned in one column. I am sorry if I can't explain it > well but I will try again if it's still not clear.
It's quite possible that the problem is with your terminal emulator. You can discover that by redirecting the output from cut to a file, and check the file using hexdump, or simply the size of the file. --behdad behdad.org _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
