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Re: tr -d [:space:] removes the letter 'p'
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: tr -d [:space:] removes the letter 'p' |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:59:10 +0200 |
Aizer Danny-BDA023 <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have run into a weird scenario:
>
> echo "asdfp asdfp a" | tr -d [:space:]
>
> returns:
> asdf asdf a
>
> instead of:
> asdfpasdfpa
You need quotes to protect the brackets
from being interpreted by your shell:
$ echo "asdfp asdfp a" | tr -d '[:space:]'; echo
asdfpasdfpa