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Re: shebang line + BS control char
From: |
Ben Pfaff |
Subject: |
Re: shebang line + BS control char |
Date: |
Sun, 10 May 2009 09:27:49 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden writes:
> I tried a shebang line in a pspp script but this triggers an error from pspp
> although the script is executed.
>
> ./analysis.sps:2: error: Unknown command #.
> ./analysis.sps:2: error: Bad character in input: `!'.
This is a bug. Oops!
I've filed a bug report at Savannah:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26518
It was easy to fix, though, and the bug report contains a patch
that you can use if you build PSPP yourself.
> also the list outut contains many BS control characters. Is there a way to
> remove them ?.
You can run the output through "col -b", or you can edit your
PSPP output devices configuration file, changing the line that
reads:
list-ascii:ascii:listing:length=66 width=79
output-file=${list-output-file}
to instead:
list-ascii:ascii:listing:length=66 width=79
output-file=${list-output-file} emphasis=none
(This is becoming a FAQ, perhaps we should change the default
behavior.)
--
"...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user'
as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver."
--Daniel Pead