08-10-2006
Trouble with tr
I'm not sure where to post this but it's happening on a SunOS 5.8 server so I'll try here.
I've discovered some unexpected behavior when using tr.
For example:
echo a | tr [a-z] [A-Z]
Z
echo b | tr [a-z] [A-Z]
a
echo a | tr [a-b] [A-Z]
B
echo a | tr [a-b] [A-B]
B
echo a | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]
A
BUT! is you su to the same user you get the following behavior.
echo a | tr [a-z] [A-Z]
A
echo b | tr [a-z] [A-Z]
B
echo a | tr [a-b] [A-Z]
A
echo a | tr [a-b] [A-B]
A
echo a | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]
A
The tr was being used in a script where the normal way to run the script was to login as user A and then su to user B and run the script. But someone decided to run the script with out the su part and discovered this.
Any body have an explanation?
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