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11-06-2009

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How to preserve NL in Ksh variables?

I'm trying to set a variable to the output of a command.

This is what the comand output to the display looks like:

Code:

 
/>hciconndump -v TOsiu
Dump of connection(s): TOsiu
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Process: A60Tsiu              Connection: TOsiu
  EO Proc:
EO Config:
   EO Msg:
   Groups:
Data Type: frl                               Options: AUTO
RecoverDb: Yes               Hold: No       SendOnly: Yes
Disk msgs: No
Save Msgs:  in: No   Inbound File: TRsogaITS
           out: Yes Outbound File: TOsiu
Comm Type: pdl-tcpip
     Mode: Client   Port: 18001              Host: 131.230.236.21
Reconnect: Yes    Reopen: 5
      PDL: mlp_tcp.pdl
----------------------------------------------------------------------

When I set my variable equal to the results of this command all the NL in the output are apparently lost. I want to preserve the output in my variable exactly as it is displayed on the screen so that I can ECHO it later and it looks correct.

Code:

/>myvar=`hciconndump -v TOsiu`
hsdvim1b@hci (/qdxtest/qdx5.4/integrator/msjsf2)
/>echo $myvar
Dump of connection(s): TOsiu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Process: A60Tsiu Connection: TOsiu EO Proc: EO Config: EO Msg: Groups: Data Type: frl Options: AUTO RecoverDb: Yes Hold: No SendOnly: Yes Disk msgs: No Save Msgs: in: No Inbound File: TRsogaITS out: Yes Outbound File: TOsiu Comm Type: pdl-tcpip Mode: Client Port: 18001 Host: 131.230.236.21 Reconnect: Yes Reopen: 5 PDL: mlp_tcp.pdl ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Is there a way to tell Unix Ksh to preserve the NL when assigning command output to a variable?

Thanks!
Troy

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PAPS(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   PAPS(1)

NAME

       paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

SYNOPSIS

       paps [options] files...

DESCRIPTION

       paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves
       through the pango ft2 backend.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with  two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options	is
       included below.

       --landscape
	      Landscape output. Default is portrait.

       --columns=cl
	      Number of columns output. Default is 1.

       --font=desc
	      Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.

       --rtl  Do rtl layout.

       --paper ps
	      Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter, a4. Default is A4.

       --bottom-margin=bm
	      Set bottom margin in postscript points (1/72 inch). Default is 36.

       --top-margin=tm
	      Set top margin. Default is 36.

       --left-margin=lm
	      Set left margin. Default is 36.

       --right-margin=rm
	      Set right margin. Default is 36.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --header
	      Draw page header for each page.

       --markup
	      Interpret the text as pango markup.

       --encoding=ENCODING
	      Assume the documentation encoding is ENCODING.

       --lpi  Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.

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       --stretch-chars
	      Indicates  that  characters  should be stretched in the y-direction to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops
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AUTHOR

       paps was written by Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Lior Kaplan <kaplan@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  April  17, 2006							   PAPS(1)

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