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[BASH] Backtick problem still NOTsolved!! (Win95b/CW1.1.4)
- To: "Cygwin" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: [BASH] Backtick problem still NOTsolved!! (Win95b/CW1.1.4)
- From: "Andreas Eibach" <a dot eibach at gmx dot net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 05:53:33 +0200
- References: <028201c02675$1b5ef150$db41480c@hxzcw>
Hi,
after trying and trying, I MUST be sure this _is_ a bug in Cygwin!!
Despite trying all the things I read here, the problem PERSISTS!
- Win95 b (and NOT WindowsNT, where Joerg Schaible reported that it
*does*work there,
so it's a Win9x-only (Win95-only?) problem!)
- Cygwin 1.1.4
- GERMAN Keyboard layout
The "backtick" is the key that's used for executing commands in a shell
script.
It works on the dos editor EDIT.COM, but it doesn't work on the cygwin
bash command line!!!
But to test a one-liner, I'd *like* to test it on the command-line first!
administrator@DEFAULT $ ls-al `which bash`
requires backticks and DOESN'T WORK!
(Well I do know that you can also do it by $( ) but I want to get my
backticks
working finally, damnit.)
So what I need to do instead?
-> Launch EDIT.COM
#!/bin/sh
ls-al `which bash`
save as ... say "temp".
administrator@DEFAULT $ ./temp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 administ unknown 466944 Jun 2 00:50
/bin/bash
Somewhat awkward, but what the hell should I do if everybody says "it's
already solved". It's NOT.
2) Read http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/setup-files.html
3) Made aware that I'm not a beginner and I do know I need to press SPACE
after a "dead-key". ;)
4) Created .inputrc with the settings described there (2).
5) Verified that .inputrc does only contain LF's and no CR/LF pairs.
6) Put .inputrc in /home/administrator.
7) RESTART CYGWIN .... and .... surprise, surprise...
8) Typed <SHIFT-accent><SPACE> --- No backticks despite pressing space!
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Umlauts work - but no backticks!
++++++++++++++++++++++++
And what is bash without the backtick?
In EDIT.COM I can get a "French e accent aigu" (é)
in bash I cannot!!
So don't tell me this works.
And I'm talking about W i n d o w s 9 5 b and not WinNT!
So please don't tell me it works in WinNT - I believe you but it's no use
for me!
I only want _Win9x_ users to report if it works with a German keyboard!
Heck, this needs a fix!
/Please/.
Andreas
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