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Re: [Help-bash] How not to include the trailing newline when <<< is used
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Dan Douglas |
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Re: [Help-bash] How not to include the trailing newline when <<< is used? |
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Thu, 26 May 2016 09:19:14 -0500 |
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Greg Wooledge <address@hidden> wrote:
> This one works better, and is more portable:
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> imadev:~$ dd bs=4 count=1 2>/dev/null <<< 'hell'; echo o
> hello
True, dd (and wc -c because printf(1) doesn't require %n) would have
been the portable choices if I were so inclined.
> I still prefer "No".
I knew you'd like it. :)