[Sunhelp] strange 'translate' problem

Wed Oct 25 08:16:29 CDT 2000

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Eddie:

Have you tried:

	tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'=20

This does the same thing, but doesn't leave strange characters.

Steven Illgen
UNIX Systems Administrator
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
(V) 615-443-9230
(F) 615-443-9479

-----Original Message-----
From: Eddie Watkins [mailto:eddie.watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 5:20
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' (E-mail)
Subject: [Sunhelp] strange 'translate' problem

Hi

I have come across a strange problem when running 'tr' on one of our
servers.

If we have a file with a mix of upper and lowercase text, e.g. 'ABCdef' =
and
run the following command as a normal user - tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]" <file1 =
the
'def' is converted to 'DEF', but the 'ABC' is tranlated to weird =
characters
eg 'A=E6b'. If I login as root and the su to the user it works fine.

I have checked all the paths and environmental variables and can see no
difference between the two setups.  Does anyone have any idea what =
could be
going wrong.

Thanks

Eddie Watkins
_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Eddie:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Have you tried:</FONT>
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<P>        <FONT SIZE=3D2>tr =
'[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This does the same thing, but doesn't leave strange =
characters.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Steven Illgen</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>UNIX Systems Administrator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(V) 615-443-9230</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(F) 615-443-9479</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Eddie Watkins [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:eddie.watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk">mailto:eddie.watkins at mai=
l.moray.gov.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 5:20</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' (E-mail)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [Sunhelp] strange 'translate' =
problem</FONT>
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<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hi</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I have come across a strange problem when running =
'tr' on one of our</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>servers.</FONT>
</P>

If we have a file with a mix of upper and lowercase =
text, e.g. 'ABCdef' and
 run the following command as a normal user - tr =
"[a-z]" "[A-Z]" <file1 the
 'def' is converted to 'DEF', but the 'ABC' is =
tranlated to weird characters
 eg 'A=E6b'.  If I login as root and the su to =
the user it works fine.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I have checked all the paths and environmental =
variables and can see no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>difference between the two setups.  Does anyone =
have any idea what could be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>going wrong.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Eddie Watkins</FONT>
<BR><FONT =
SIZE=3D2>_______________________________________________</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>SunHELP maillist  -  =
SunHELP at sunhelp.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2><A =
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