From: Herbert Xu Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 06:19:42 GMT Subject: Re: Bug: git-rebase goofs up \n in commit messages Message-ID: <20070526061942.GA5986@gondor.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20070526060748.GA20715@coredump.intra.peff.net> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:07:48AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > > > - echo "$commit_only" | > > + printf "%s\n" "$commit_only" | > > Is "\n" portable to all shells (i.e., do you need '\n')? It works with > bash and dash, which are by far the most common, but who knows what evil > lurks in the heart of Sun? You mean the "\n" in printf? Yes that is specified in POSIX. Without the "\n" printf will act like echo -n (which incidentally is forbidden by POSIX). Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt