Re: Bash bug?

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Subject: Re: Bash bug?
From: "Matthew R. Dempsky" <mrd@alkemio.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:06:45 -0600
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 07:39:12PM -0500, T wrote:
> So is it bash that is eating the trailing \n's?

Yes, but it's not a bug.  See the section about ``Command Substitution'' 
in the bash(1) man page.

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