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  3. From: SEB1525@MVS.draper.com (Steve Bacher)
  4. Subject: Re: echo question
  5. Message-ID: <19921117182407SEB1525@MVS.draper.com>
  6. Sender: MVS NNTP News Reader <NNMVS@MVS.draper.com>
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: mvs.draper.com
  8. Organization: Draper Laboratory
  9. References: <17935@autodesk.COM>
  10. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:24:00 GMT
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  12.  
  13. In article <17935@autodesk.COM>,
  14. dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith) writes:
  15.  
  16. >In <19921114163004SEB1525@MVS.draper.com> SEB1525@MVS.draper.com (Steve Bacher) writes:
  17. >
  18. >> >        echo 'first:this=that=other+second:this=that=other+' | tr '=+' '\011\012'
  19. >
  20. >> Hardcoded octal ascii is "portable"???
  21. >> Escaping syntax in tr is "portable"???
  22. >
  23. >        OK, name an english-language version of Unix this'll bomb on.
  24.  
  25. I haven't seen AIX/370, but I'm sure it'll bomb, being EBCDIC.
  26.  
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  28. Steve Bacher (Batchman)                 Draper Laboratory
  29. Internet: seb@draper.com                Cambridge, MA, USA
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