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Re: 'tr' Bug


On 3/11/2011 9:44 AM, Tim Daneliuk said this:
> On 3/11/2011 9:39 AM, Eric Blake said this:
>> On 03/11/2011 08:28 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>>> echo /opt/IBN/df | tr [A-Z] [a-z]
>>>
>>> produces:
>>>
>>>    /opt/xxx/df
>>
>> Let me guess - you have a file named 'x' in the current directory.
>>
>> Quote your arguments, so that the shell won't glob them:
>>
>> echo /opt/IBN/df | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'
>>
>> This is not cygwin-specific.
>>
> 
> OK, then why the "correct" behavior on FreeBSD 8.2 and RHEL 5.5,
> both running bash I wonder ...
> 

Sigh ... Eric just pointed out privately that the 'x' file wasn't on the
other test systems.

Some days, it doesn't pay to start a shell ....

<Going to go beat my head against a wall ...>

Thanks all ...


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