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Re: BUG?: (or what's going on?) test for NL == NL fails (bash-4.3.39(3)-release)

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On 02/08/15 20:30, Linda Walsh wrote:
>>  if [[ $(printf "\n") == $'\n' ]]; then echo T; else echo F; fi
> F

The command substitution operators ($(...) and `...`) strip all trailing
linefeeds. You are left with an empty string here.

The usual workarounds I see (where necessary) are hacks like this:

variable=$(command; echo x); variable=${variable%?x}

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Re: BUG?: (or what's going on?) test for NL == NL fails (bash-4.3.39(3)-release) Charles Daffern <seejay.11@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 20:55 +0100

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