Hi, I am using “dialog” for displaying forms where the users input text. The box calls for name, street, city and phone number which should later be divided for processing. Using Debian all runs fine. Default separator is TAB and I can split the output using “cut” command. But the same script under…

Debian uses Dash as /bin/sh while Arch uses Bash as /bin/sh Try adding set -o posix before the dialog command. Use #!/bin/bash for this (do not use #!/bin/sh for this, as this is a bashism). You can set and unset this option if you need bashisms in your script: set -o posix # execute your dial…

Well, there is a version difference. Debian (main). [image] I think this version is realeased in 2020-11-26 Debian (testing). [image] Arch (official repo) [image] x86_64 Core dialog 1:1.3_20210621-1 A tool to display dialog boxes from shell scripts 2021-06-27 Version used in Arch core is sti…

[image] df8oe: –output-separator “\t” Does this work: --output-separator "$'\t'" Other chars you mentioned: $'\r' # CR $'\n' # LF

Using Arch: –output-delimiter “\t” results in ASCII \ and ASCII t –output-delimiter ‘\t’ results in ASCII \ and ASCII t –output-delimiter $’\t’ results in SPACE (0x20) –output-delimiter “$’\t’” results in ASCII $ and ASCII ’ and ASCII \ and ASCII t and ASCII ’ –output-delimiter ‘\r’ results in …

Did you try the method mentioned by @manuel [image] manuel: Does this work: --output-separator "$'\t'"

Yes. It results in ASCII $ and ASCII ’ and ASCII \ and ASCII t and ASCII ’ There seems to be more differences :frowning: I tried to use another seperator than TAB. I want to use TAB because of I split the result using cut and cut has default delimiter TAB. When I want to use e.g. CR as delimiter th…

I have done more investigations. What I never mentioned was the shell I use. The script uses /bin/sh and gives the reported behaviour. Now I switch to /bin/bash and use $’\r’ as delimiter both for dialog and cut and it is accepted by Debian and Arch!!! The ecript has already run on both systems for …

[image] Kresimir: Debian uses Dash as /bin/sh while Arch uses Bash as /bin/sh Bingo. I have found the solution by try&error - you gave me the explanation for this behaviour. I love Endeavour Community! Many thanks to all for the hints.

Also relevant: [image] A short rant about #!/bin/sh Lounge I’m really annoyed by it. If you pick at random a dozen or so shell scripts in your /usr/bin directory that start with the interpreter designation of #!/bin/sh you will find at least a few of them that use Bash…

Bash script and "dialog"

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Kresimir September 2, 2021, 9:43am 10

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