02-11-2012
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Originally Posted by
agama
When things seem strange, I usually put a set -x before the statement that isn't working and set +x ater it to get the details of how the shell is interpreting my code. The output is usually enough to clear up the confusion.
Hope this helps
Thanks agama! Being a bash newb still, I didn't know about the +/-x - that will come in very handy in the future I think. Thanks for that and the detailed explanation regarding pipe!
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