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A workaround POSIX shell compliant.
#!/bin/sh

# #!/usr/local/bin/dash
# newline.sh

printf "\nA test.\n\n" > /tmp/nl

for subscript in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
nl=$( hexdump -n1...

Not sure if this is what you re after but fully POSIX compliant:-
Longhand OSX 10.14.3, default bash terminal calling dash.
Last login: Wed Apr 29 21:46:11 on ttys000
AMIGA:amiga~> dash...

Hi all...

As you know I have garnered a great interest in using integer maths to do some fixed point calculations.
Here is my next incarnation, calculating PI to 3 and 12 decimal places using 2...

Hi MadeInGermany...
The problem is it rounds both down and up; and int() function rounds down only...
Last login: Wed Apr 22 17:51:50 on ttys000
AMIGA:amiga~>
AMIGA:amiga~> dash
AMIGA:\u\w> ...

In POSIX try:
printf "\035"

Hi Nosi...
As far as I know there is only one platform that has the ask utility and that is the ancient AMIGA family of computers.
I assume you mean 'awk' so have you searched this site for...

Last login: Sun Apr 12 14:58:50 on ttys000
AMIGA:amiga~> read STRING <<"EOT"
> !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> EOT
AMIGA:amiga~> ...

Hi RudiC...

I already know about conjoining strings and this is the way 'set' does it from the working part of the code:
STRING='...

Hi guys and gals...
I have been racking my brains with this one and I can't find anything about it...
Consider the code and the results below:
#!/usr/local/bin/dash

# #!/bin/sh
# #!/bin/bash...

Hi Neo...

Will we still need our old user and password for this site, because if it is read only then they are not really required.


Barry...

Hi guys and gals...
(Apologies for any typos, etc...)

Another code snippet mainly for the AMIGA but works from Python 1.4.0 to 3.8.0 on just about any platform, hence the first upload here. I...

The usual questions:


Which OS are you using?
What are your preferred tools/utilities/shells/languages?


And most of all what have you tried?

If you are using one line it HAS to be:
MYURL=str(pattern.search(script.text).group(0)); MYURL=str.replace(MYURL, '\u002D', '-'); print(MYURL)

Hi bob123...
Which version of python 3.x.x are you using, OS, and machine...

--- Post updated at 11:41 PM ---

I hope this does not attach itself to the previous...
It looks like you are using...

Hi bob123...

I don't use BeautifulSoup but you could try putting it into a variable, untested:
MYURL=str(pattern.search(script.text).group(0))
print(MYURL)

Enjoy...

'https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/software/toshiba--optimization-algorithm-speed-record-combinatorial-problems'

Copy and paste URL less single quotes...

Hi jeo_fb...

Assuming you are using Longitude and Latitude WRT Earth as a __sphere__ then it is not possible to create a rectangle as Euclidean geometry does not apply.

IF, however you just...

Hi Scrutinizer...

I must have been asleep as I have only just seen this...

Congrats matey, you helped me on my way to the *NIX shell environment when I first joined and started AudioScope.sh,...

WOW, just WOW...

It would be mighty interesting to see shell code translated to this. Kudos to the young guy who succeeded...
...

Hi Michele31416...


Thanks for updating your post with the answer...

Hi Ralph..
Is this what you are trying to do?
#!/bin/bash
# Linux Mint 19, default bash terminal.
clear
echo ""
echo ""
printf "%b" "This is a test line.\033[s\n"
sleep 2
echo ""
echo ""...

I did quote early on in this thread that some terminals do not respond correctly to some terminal escape codes. Some of those escape codes will not work at all.

So in the first part the outside...

Hi Ralph...

Take a look at the two command below.
The first will give you your terminal size in lines, columns.
IF your terminal can do it, (xterm for example), the second will auto adjust it...

An example clearing the screen/window:
while true
do
printf "\033[2J\033[H\033[12;30fSome prompt: "
read -r text
doneEDIT:

You can omit the \033[H if you wish but some...

Hi Ralph...

Some terminals don't always follow terminal escape codes to the _letter_.
You could try and force the line prompt, force the cursor to the correct position and force clearing after...