Very good point, you are absolutely right:
# cygpath C:\\ | od -c
000 / c y g d r i v e / c \n
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'bash' manual also confirms it:
Command Substitution
Command substitution allows the output of a command to replace the
command name. There are two
Hi
I wonder if the additional new line charachter at the end of the standard
output capture is on purpose with 'subprocess.check_output'?
>>> subprocess.check_output([ 'cygpath', 'C:\\' ])
'/cygdrive/c\n'
If I do the same from the shell there is no extra new line (which is correct I
believe):
