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I'm actually not looking for a way to remove the newlines (there are no doubt dozens). I'm looking for an explanation as to how/why a newline ends up interpreted as a space.

goldilocks
– goldilocks

2014-02-28 14:58:47 +00:00
Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 14:58
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@goldilocks, it's not interpreted as a space, it's just that you're using the split+glob operator by leaving your variables unquoted (and echo outputs its arguments separated by a space).

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2014-02-28 15:07:55 +00:00
Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 15:07
@StephaneChazelas : Sounds like an answer.

goldilocks
– goldilocks

2014-02-28 15:15:41 +00:00
Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 15:15

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