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Re: Feature request for cut and/or sort


From: Bauke Jan Douma
Subject: Re: Feature request for cut and/or sort
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:02:49 +0200
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Andreas Schwab wrote on 24-07-07 02:26:
Matthew Woehlke <address@hidden> writes:

The Wanderer wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
The problem is the same as always, filenames with embedded newlines in
them.
I've never seen a filename with an embedded newline, and AFAICT standard
command-line tools cannot produce such.
Oh? ;-)
echo 'bar' > "`echo -e 'foo\nbar'`"

What a waste of resources.

$ touch 'foo
bar'

Andreas.


And there's the user's own limited resources.
What a waste indeed:
$ > 'foo
> bar'

bjd





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