bug#1388: marked as done (23.0.60; Emacs shell problem with echo "1+1" | bc)

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and subject line Re: bug#1388: 23.0.60; Emacs shell problem with echo "1+1" | bc
has caused the Emacs bug report #1388,
regarding 23.0.60; Emacs shell problem with echo "1+1" | bc
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> 23.0.60; Emacs shell problem with echo "1+1" | bc
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> Tue, 6 May 2008 16:35:15 +0200
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> [ Edited resend from
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00349.html ]
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> Type the following after M-x eshell RET:
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> echo "1+1" | bc
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> and then the return key. Instead of the expected answer 2, eshell
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> bc 1.06
> Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> For details type `warranty'.
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> now type the return key again. Here the answer is shown:
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> 2
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> type the return key again. Nothing happens. Eshell blocks. Control-C
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> (interrupt) use quit to exit.
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20)
>  of 2008-05-06 on golem
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70000000
> configured using `configure  '--enable-font-backend--with-gtk'
> '--with-gif=no''
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> Re: bug#1388: 23.0.60; Emacs shell problem with echo "1+1" | bc
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> Glenn Morris wrote:
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> > Checking if the final command in a pipeline looks like "bc" and if
> > so doing something special seems like an ugly hack.
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> On second thoughts, no it doesn't, and I installed something along
> those lines.
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