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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Help using combining variables with sed command (RHEL 7) Post 303043301 by RudiC on Thursday 23rd of January 2020 03:28:23 PM
Old 01-23-2020
Looks like the well known / infamous DOS line terminator problem:


Code:
$ RPT=test
$ sed 'p' $RPT
sed: can't read test: No such file or directory
$ RPT=test$'\r'
$ sed 'p' $RPT
 : No such file or directory

The first half of the error message is overwritten when the <carriage return> at the file name's end is performed.


So - get rid of that non-*nix feature. Use a *nix text editor, or the dos2unix command, or search these fora for many, many more options
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NAME

     libbash -- A bash shared libraries package.

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     libbash  is  a package that enables bash dynamic-like shared libraries. Actually its a tool for managing bash scripts whose functions you may
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