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Re: Problem with bash command substitution?
- To: Rick Rankin <rick_rankin at yahoo dot com>
- Subject: Re: Problem with bash command substitution?
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:56:56 -0500
- CC: Cygwin <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20000225184216.27967.qmail@web804.mail.yahoo.com>
Rick Rankin wrote:
>
> I discovered that bash is hanging on the following line in my .bash_profile:
>
> export NODE=$(hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
>
> If I type
>
> hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'
>
> on the command line, it returns immediately with the results I expect. It only
> seems to hang inside the $() or `` command substitution mechanism. I currently
> have
>
> CYGWIN=tty notitle glob ntea nontsec
>
> and I have all text mounts. I'm using the latest snapshot. Has anyone else seen
> this behavior?
>
> Rick
With anything newer than the Jan 31 snapshot, bash hangs *somewhere* in
the .bashrc - .bash_profile area. I have not yet narrowed it down to a
particular command, tho.
--Chuck
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