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Why doesn't this work?
- To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: Why doesn't this work?
- From: Tim Taylor <ttaylor@mitre.org>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 10:20:28 -0400
- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Can anyone tell me why this script always outputs "fail"?
=========== beginning of script ============
#! /bin/sh
if echo line2 from branch1 | cmp - file1 >/dev/null; then
echo pass
else
echo fail
fi
============= end of script ==============
The file1 in the above script contains the following (without the
quotes):
"line2 from branch1\r\n"
where \r\n is actually 0x0D0A
The output from my uname command is shown below
bash-2.02$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-4.0 TAYLOR-NT 21.0 (0.8/1/2) 1999-1-18 00:09:41 i686 unknown
When I try running cmp from the command line using:
bash-2.02$ cmp - file1<ENTER>
line2 from branch1<CTL-D>
I get the following error message:
cmp: EOF on -
appearing on the same line as the text I typed. Then I get the bash
prompt. As soon as I type a key, bash outputs the text I typed (line2
from branch1) followed by the new key.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Tim Taylor
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