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Re: bash 2.05a-3 scripting problem (read function


Try:

echo $proj | od -c

If the \r shows up, then you have some weird line-ending problem.  If not, 
you likely have some other installation issue or non-Cygwin related problem.


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At 12:33 PM 6/5/2002, Steven Weiss wrote:
>I've echo $proj and get
>/temp
>
>so I'm not sure what the problem is. Possibly a hidden control-m. What next?
>
>Regards
>Steven
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I've got a problem with the read function in bash 2.05a-3.
>>
>> Example
>> -------------
>>
>> bash$
>> bash$ read proj
>> /temp
>> bash$ cd $proj
>> : No such file or directory
>> bash$ cd /temp
>> bash$ pwd
>> /temp
>> bash$ test -d $proj
>> bash$ echo $?
>> 1
>> bash$ test -d /temp
>> bash$ echo $?
>> 0
>> bash$
>> ---------------------------------------
>> When testing or trying to change directories using $proj it fails. When
>> using the literal values it passes. It appears that the read function does
>> not work properly. May be I'm doing something stupid or missing something
>> completely. I have looked through the FAQs and mail list archives but
>cannot
>> find anything similar.
>
>Probably the windows CR/LF creeping in again.
>I'll bet proj contains /temp<CR>
>
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