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Re: behavior diff. btw. 3.0 and 3.1 (may be a bug)


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: behavior diff. btw. 3.0 and 3.1 (may be a bug)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:34:44 -0500
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vw@vonwolff.de wrote:

> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 5
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       There is a behavior difference between bash 3.0 and 3.1. This results
>         in trouble installing oracle database software. in 3.0 `cmd` can
>         span over lines, in 3.1 not.
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       
> a=`echo 'a b c' | sed 's/ /\\
> /g' | grep 'b'`
> echo $a

Yes, it certainly seems to be a bug.

Chet

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