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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2020-11-24 17:56:57 +0000
committerLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2020-11-24 17:56:57 +0000
commit49b387bb53e76eecd2b6cf4f89f3146fc2198bd3 (patch)
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Fix chomping: only make it default on line-processing binaries
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ environment variable, then executes another program.
</p>
<pre>
- backtick [ -i | -I | -D <em>default</em> ] [ -n ] <em>variable</em> { <em>prog1...</em> } <em>prog2...</em>
+ backtick [ -i | -I | -D <em>default</em> ] [ -N | -n ] <em>variable</em> { <em>prog1...</em> } <em>prog2...</em>
</pre>
<ul>
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ output as a value. </li>
<h2> Options </h2>
<ul>
- <li> <tt>-n</tt>&nbsp;: chomp an ending newline off <em>prog1...</em>'s
-output. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-N</tt>&nbsp;: store <em>prog1...</em>'s output as is, including the last newline, if any. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-n</tt>&nbsp;: chomp an ending newline off <em>prog1...</em>'s output. This is the default. </li>
</ul>
<p>