[clug] Bash questions...

[Duncan Roe]

Interesting ... I get dashes plus spaces:

12:29:16$ echo $(yes '-' | head -n20)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12:31:04$ echo $(yes -| head -n20)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

sed doesn't seem to help:
12:33:17$ echo $(yes -|head -n20|sed 's/ //g')
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This works though:
12:39:40$ echo $(echo $(yes -|head -n20)|sed 's/ //g')
--------------------

 Cheers ... Duncan

On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 12:23:14PM +1000, Francis Markham wrote:
> Also, if you have "yes" installed you might want to try something like:
>
> echo $(yes '-' | head -n20)
> >
> >
> Haven't tested this as I don't have bash on my Windows box at the moment.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Francis
>
>
>
> On 1 May 2011 12:16, steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Francis Markham wrote on 1/05/11 12:13 PM:
> > > In python this is as simple as you would expect:
> > >
> > >     >>> print "-" * 20
> > >     --------------------
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > -Francis
> >
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