[mdlug] Scripting - Newlines getting clobbered?

[Clinton V. Weiss]

You might want to try using $() rather than backticks ``, it allows
for easier nesting of commands

Example:
VAR="$(cat data)"
echo $VAR

Also, depending on what you're doing:

while read line ; do
    echo $line
    # ... do stuff with the line of data ...
done < data

Here is a good resource for the budding bash scripter:
http://wooledge.org:8000/BashFAQ

It's a large page and a bit slow to load (Greg refuses to acknowledge
the slow part) but is an excellent resource.  I recommend wget'ing it
for quick local access.

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Clinton V. Weiss
cvweiss at gmail.com