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Re: tr -d [:space:] removes the letter 'p'
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From: |
Jim Meyering |
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Re: tr -d [:space:] removes the letter 'p' |
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Date: |
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:59:10 +0200 |
Aizer Danny-BDA023 <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have run into a weird scenario:
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> echo "asdfp asdfp a" | tr -d [:space:]
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> returns:
> asdf asdf a
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> instead of:
> asdfpasdfpa
You need quotes to protect the brackets
from being interpreted by your shell:
$ echo "asdfp asdfp a" | tr -d '[:space:]'; echo
asdfpasdfpa