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Re: potential tr bug


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: potential tr bug
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:06:48 +0100

"Grant Ballard" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I can't get tr to redirect to a file or pipe to another command.
> Is there something I'm doing wrong (or a version that handles this better)?
>
> specific command syntax
> tr -d \" > test.txt
>
> INPUT:
> "d5902589"
>
> desired OUTPUT:
> d5902589

That works fine for me.
What shell are you using?
I'm using bash.

If you're using a substandard shell, it might
help to write it like this instead:

  tr -d '"' > test.txt




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