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@ferrix ferrix commented Jan 9, 2023

Apparently the OSX cat does not support the -E flag used in debug mode.

Unless it is really important, let's just not use it.

Apparently the OSX cat does not support the -E flag used in debug mode.

Unless it is really important, let's just not use it.
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does cat support -e on macOS?

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ferrix commented Feb 26, 2023

Yes, it prints non-printing characters and a $ at EOL

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Let's do that then.

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