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From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: C-shell variables
Message-ID: <1990Aug20.233436.21895@spectrum.CMC.COM>
Date: 20 Aug 90 23:34:36 GMT
References: <728@travis.csd.harris.com>
Organization: Rockwell CMC
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In article <728@travis.csd.harris.com> brad@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Brad Appleton) writes:
>I need to have a C shell variable contain a new-line.
>??? SO what must I put into "tmp" to get a newline into $foo:q ???
>
>Please dont post solutions that dont use "eval `cat file`"; such 
>solutions will be of no use to me. 

Together, let's RTFM:

    >   CSH(1)                   USER COMMANDS                     CSH(1)
    >   
    >     Command Substitution
    >        A command enclosed by backquotes (`...`) is performed  by  a
    >        subshell.  Its standard output is broken into separate words
    >        at each SPACE character, TAB and  NEWLINE;  null  words  are
    >        discarded.   This text replaces the backquoted string on the
    >        current command line.  Within  double-quotes,  only  NEWLINE
    >        characters  force  new  words;  SPACE and TAB characters are
    >        preserved.  However, a final  NEWLINE  is  ignored.   It  is
    >        therefore  possible  for  a  command substitution to yield a
    >        partial word.

In other words, it is impossible to have a newline come out of a
backquote substitution, because it will be turned into a space.

-- 
/ Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
  CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM