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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi. I'm getting the following hidden characters \uat the start of a string after I pass in variables from the command line. I only noticed this when I set -x in my KSH script. Can anybody tell me how this happens and how to remove them?
Many thanks.
+ STR=$'\uusername testuser1'
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello.
I use this command :
rsync -av --include=".*" --dry-run "$A_FULL_PATH_S" "$A_FULL_PATH_D"The data comes from the output of a find command.
And no full source directories are in use, only some files.
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3. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello everyone.
When I copy some configuration settings string from MS_Word to putty from my personal pc to a remote machine, it appears that I copy some hidden symbols, which at first, cannot be seen and appear as hidden. Some java programs did not start, and after investigation I found that:
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Im writing an expect program to connect to cisco routers and run commands.
my commands file has only two entries
show version
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when I run the script, the first command is run without a problem.
The second command isn't.
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I know that cat -v will show me hidden characters in a file....
I for some reason seem to think that there's a bash command that will show me hidden characters in a variable in a script? Or am I just imagining it?
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everybody.
Im really new in shell scripting. Im working with RedHat 4.
I have begin to do some scripts to test the posibilitys but Im fancing a disturbing problem.
some times the lines that I write add the return character or end-of-file ascii character to the command or argument tha... (2 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can anyone seem to know how to find out whether a UNIX text file has 'hidden' control characters?
Can I view them using 'vi' by some command line options?
If there are control characters in a text file which are invisible/hidden.. then how do I get rid of them?
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello All,
I'm trying to parse through a file and display all the hidden characters, including all carriage and line returns. I usually use cat -v, but this doesn't display the carriage and line returns. Does anyone know how this can be done?
Thanks
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello all,
I have two files, that I suspect may contain hidden characters (EG, three spaces instead of a tab). Does anyone know of any tool that can display this (I have tried using diff, but I'm not quite sure it would do the job) (6 Replies)
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