Re: Multiline editing breaks if the previous output doesn't end in newline

[Dennis Williamson]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 4:41 PM Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
wrote:

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> i coded a files tree to bash code via gawk reading and printing bash code
> i did noeol no newline at end
> logically , cause , who wants var='from file\n'
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Because command substitution strips trailing newlines?

$ echo -e 'foo\n\n\n'
foo



$ s=$(echo -e 'foo\n\n\n')
$ declare -p s
declare -- s="foo"

No gyrations needed.
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