read -r in ksh93 will leave the \n as they are. You can then use echo (or printf) to translate them to the correct character:
Hmm... this can be done. But it requires a step of post-processing the value after read, which I was trying to avoid.
Seems like extra processing will be required to solve my problem.
Hi All
At the moment the following code works but ideally i do not want to have to change the original $1
tr "\r" "\n" < "$1" > "$1.fix"
printf "\n" >> "$1.fix"
mv "$1.fix" "$1"
FILE=$1
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The following statement
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just prints
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tartdates(5) LinuxTaRT Special Dates tartdates(5)NAME
tartdates - Special date configuration for LinuxTaRT
DESCRIPTION
LinuxTaRT uses a configuration file called specialdates to enable the user to display a specific tagline on certain special dates. The name
and location of this file is specified in the LinuxTaRT configuration file ~/.tartrc, but is usually:
~/.tartdates
PARAMETERS
Each line of the special date file consists of a day of the year expressed as a two digit month, a forward-slash (/), a two digit date, a
colon (:) and a line of text.
mm/dd:tagline text
Any line that does not conform to this specification will be treated as a comment. Comments may also be specified by prefixing text with a
# symbol. Using this method, you can place a comment behind a date line.
EXAMPLES
01/01:Happy New Year!!
Will use "Happy New Year!!" as the tagline when the date is January 1st.
12/25:Merry Christmas to all!
Displays "Merry Christmas to all!" as your tagline on Christmas day.
FILES
~/.tartdates
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