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From: epmcmanus@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Bug in /bin/csh: echo "`date`" in script
Summary: Outputs funny characters
Keywords: Ultrix 3.0 csh bug
Message-ID: <49802@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie>
Date: 11 Jul 89 19:33:01 GMT
Reply-To: Eamonn McManus <emcmanus@cs.tcd.ie>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Trinity College Dublin
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There is a bug in the Ultrix 3.0 csh which was not present in Ultrix 2.2.
I would guess that support for 8-bit characters is the reason for the change.

The script:
	#!/bin/csh
	echo "`date`"
causes character 0xFF to be output before each character of the date.  The
same thing happens for other commands, and for:
	% csh -c 'echo "`date`"'
but not for:
	% echo "`date`"
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Eamonn McManus		emcmanus@cs.tcd.ie	uunet!mcvax!cs.tcd.ie!emcmanus