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dataflow on Jan 7, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Things I Wish I'd Known About Bash

Oh, I meant before the trailing newlines, sorry for being unclear. Try using a\nb\n\n\n instead of a\nb and observing that the output doesn't change.

bewuethr on Jan 7, 2018 [–]

Ah, okay, got it. Yes, that can be surprising.

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