It's got to be somewhere in my environment.  Like I said,
The problem is solved it's just messing up my head that it works
differently for me and others than it does for root.
I was just hoping for someone to say
"export SET_THIS_DUMMY=get_spaces"
and get the spaces in my environment.

Thanks,
Kenny

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> In a message dated: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:45:47 EDT
> Kenny Donahue said:
>
> >Ok, here's one for all you bash experts out there.
> >I have a line in a script that does this:
> >
> >lspci -d1134:1 | /usr/bin/wc -l
> [...snip...]
> >/* Note the 6 blank spaces before the "2" */
> >
> >if I log in as my self or ssh into the machine and su to root, I get
> >2 /* note NO space before the "2" */
> [...snip...]
> >again.  What's up.
>
> No idea, works just fine for me.  Regardless of what I do, there are
> spaces before the number. Make sure that wc isn't aliased somewhere
> in roots config files to be something else including a sed statement.
> --
>
> Seeya,
> Paul
> ----
>         It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing,
>    but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
>
>          If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!

--
Ken Donahue
Software Engineer
phone: 978 967-1820
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Mercury Computers, Inc.
System OS - Host Development Team




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