GNU bug report logs - #7739
bug in md5sum ?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Arnaud TARDY <hishiryo <at> free.fr>

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Jon Stanley <jonstanley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Arnaud TARDY <hishiryo <at> free.fr>
Subject: bug#7739: bug in md5sum ?
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:19:56 -0700

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On 12/26/2010 06:21 PM, Jon Stanley wrote:
> 
> I think that you're seeing the difference in line termination
> characters in Linux and Windows. If you just want the characters
> themselves echoed to the command in Linux, you need to use 'echo -n'
> otherwise it gets terminated with a newline.

'echo -n' is non-portable.  You are better off conditioning yourself to
think about 'printf' rather than perpetuating the problems associated
with 'echo -n'.

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Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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