Re: Why doesn't "cat" print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

vatbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why this behaviour for "cat" ? "info cat" gives me no clue. > Is this a bug of "cat" or some sort of feature ? That has nothing to do with cat, it's just the missing newline. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux AG, Deutschhe

Re: a small add for the 'dd' command

Olivier Delhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I added some lines to dd.c in order to have some stats displayed while > copying a file. > > As i have read somewhere, some people do not like such a behavior so i added > a command line option : "stat=on" in order to work. > > Let me know if

Re: Fw: Two split suggestions

"George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First off, I am not sure my first message made it to any where. It did. ... > I have two suggestions for split: > 1) numeric suffix: I noticed that a numeric suffix options was purposed: > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-08/msg00020.html >

Re: factor documentation problem

Varga Dániel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ factor 3628746859628453216852492 > factor: `3628746859628453216852492' is not a valid positive integer > Try `factor --help' for more information. > > -- > > I firmly believe that `3628746859628453216852492' is a valid positive > integer.

Re: chroot problem?

David Grier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am running Redhat 9 Standard workstation install. According to up2date > and APT my system is completely up to date. I have a directory which > contains a complete image of another linux(cobalt) server. I am trying > chroot to /vmbkp/ where the other sys

Why doesn't "cat" print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

ML9.1 here. When I type in a Konsole "cat /var/lock/subsys/dm" no output is generated (dm containing the pid number of process prefdm) to the Konsole. But when I type "kill `cat /var/lock/subsys/dm" the process is effectively killed. I found this command in /etc/rc.d/init.d/dm: " stop) g

Re: Why doesn't "cat" print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

NO, the output of "cat /var/lock/subsys/dm" is written over by the prompt of my shell (dm has a number like 1114) [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]$ cat /var/lock/subsys/dm [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]$ My system is Mandrake Linux 9.1 with bash v2.05b Is it possible to change this bash behaviour so that the p