[KLUG Programming] Re: [KLUG Members] getting exit code in bash script

[bill]

On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 15:29, Bruce Smith wrote:

> Probably some special character your mail reader uses to display the
> indentations and/or newlines.

Looks like it.  I emailed myself some known good code and when it
returned, I copied/pasted into a file and grep could find the odd chars.

> > Are you really sure you could run the version of the script you put in
> > the email?
> 
> Yes, but I'll using a different mail client than you are.
> (you seem to be using Evolution 1.2.2 and I'm using Evolution 2.0.1)

hmmmm...

> Or maybe it's combined with the windows you're pasting it into.
> (I pasted it into a gnome-terminal window running vi, maybe vi or
> gnome-terminal strips out the unreadable characters)

I tried pasting it into a gnome-terminal window running vi and it was
still there.

> In any case, I've seen things like this before.  
> You need to be real careful when copying/pasting text.

Doesn't appear to be the copy/pasting but the sending/receiving of the
email.

> > Any idea what the weird character is?
> 
> Not without looking it up.  (which I have no desire to do)
> Maybe some kind of tab or cursor movement code?

Ah well, would have been interesting to know.  Now I have to figure out
how to upgrade evolution.

b.