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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Bug in /bin/csh: echo "`date`" in script
Keywords: Ultrix 3.0 csh bug
Message-ID: <2988@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 12 Jul 89 16:39:40 GMT
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In article <49802@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie>, epmcmanus@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie writes:
< 
< 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`"

Yes, I reported the bug to comp.unix.ultrix in May.  Win Treese of Digital
replied that "it is a known bug, but didn't know when it would be fixed".

Maybe in 3.1?

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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory