Jack Brennen wrote: > Running Cygwin version 1.5.25-6 with version 3.2.25-17 of bash with Win > XP Pro... > > Start up bash. > > Enter these commands in order: > > sh-3.2$ echo ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST > foo.txt > sh-3.2$ echo UVWXYZ >> foo.txt > sh-3.2$ cat foo.txt > ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST > UVWXYZ > sh-3.2$ echo ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST > foo.txt > sh-3.2$ cmd /c echo UVWXYZ >> foo.txt > sh-3.2$ cat foo.txt > UVWXYZ > IJKLMNOPQRST [snip]
What you don't see is that Windows' echo added a CR so you get to see the second line followed by CR-LF and the rest of the (overwritten) first line. You can delete the CR and get the correct output, for instance using: cmd /c echo UVWXYZ | tr -d "\r" >> foo.txt Or directly with something like: cmd /c echo UVWXYZ | tr -d "\r" | od -t x1z take out the translate part to see the CR-LF. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
