Re: shebang line + BS control char

[Ben Pfaff]

address@hidden writes:

> I tried a shebang line in a pspp script but this triggers an error from pspp
> although the script is executed.
>
> ./analysis.sps:2: error: Unknown command #.
> ./analysis.sps:2: error: Bad character in input: `!'.

This is a bug.  Oops!

I've filed a bug report at Savannah:
        https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26518

It was easy to fix, though, and the bug report contains a patch
that you can use if you build PSPP yourself.

> also the list outut contains many BS control characters. Is there a way to
> remove them ?.

You can run the output through "col -b", or you can edit your
PSPP output devices configuration file, changing the line that
reads:
        list-ascii:ascii:listing:length=66 width=79 
output-file=${list-output-file}
to instead:
        list-ascii:ascii:listing:length=66 width=79 
output-file=${list-output-file} emphasis=none   

(This is becoming a FAQ, perhaps we should change the default
behavior.)
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 as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver."
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