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# 1  
Old 11-18-2013
Strange behavior on one of my server

I am not sure what is wrong, but I have some strange behavior when printing things out.

I do create a file with only one word test, no space, no new line etc.

Code:
nano file<enter>
test<ctrl x>y<enter>

Server 1 gets (fail)
Code:
awk '{print "+"$0"*"}' file
*test

Server 2 gets (OK)
Code:
awk '{print "+"$0"*"}' t
+test*

What is going on with my Server1?
# 2  
Old 11-18-2013
Hi,
Could you dump your file with od -c command ?
I expect your file on server that fail content a '\r':
Code:
$ od -c t
0000000   t   e   s   t  \n
0000005
$ awk '{print "+"$0"*"}' t
+test*

Code:
$ od -c t
0000000   t   e   s   t  \r  \n
0000006
$ awk '{print "+"$0"*"}' t
*test

Regards.
# 3  
Old 11-18-2013
You are correctly. Smilie
Why does one server add the \r but not the other.
I do the same on both server, using nano to create a file.
When I do test again, I am not able to reproduce the problem.
# 4  
Old 11-18-2013
Might you have uploaded the 'test' file from a windows machine at one point? That would create it as a Windows text file with carriage returns.
# 5  
Old 11-18-2013
Or, do you have different configuration files on the two servers?
# 6  
Old 11-19-2013
What type of configuration files?
File is not uploaded, its created using nano via SSH
# 7  
Old 11-19-2013
Not sure. Sth like .nanorc in /etc or in your home directory?
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