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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:55:58 -0400
From: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
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Cc: "Miciah D.B. Masters" <miciah@myrealbox.com>,
	255788-forwarded@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#255788: $'' does not work after <<<
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Interesting that the x is disappearing.

> Current behaviour (tested with zsh -f):
> 
>    % cat <<< $'x\ny'
>    \ny
> 
> Desired behaviour:
> 
>    % cat <<< $'x\ny'
>    x
>    y
> 
> BASH behaves in the latter manner, the ZSH User Guide shows
> that behaviour, and I see no reason why $'' should not work
> in the context of a here-string.
> 
> Love,
> 
>  -- Miciah <miciah@myrealbox.com>