Re: process result code in if

[Earnie Boyd]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:00 AM, A.P. Horst wrote:
> Also when I just have:
> echo "$var" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+$'
> echo "$?"
-->8--
> I am on a win7 x64 machine with MinGW 3.20 and W32API 3.17
> sh --version
> GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (i686-pc-msys)

How is the var variable set?  If you're using the output of a compiled
program, I'm guessing the issue is CRLF versus just LF.  MSYS will not
remove the CR from the variable.  Add the /mingw/lib/binmode.o to the
compiled program or use _setmode on stdout to make it _O_BINARY.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tw4k6df8(v=vs.110).aspx

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