Hello mark!

28 Jun 20 21:33, you wrote to me:

 SR>>>> if is finds it, it is supposed to ignore it.

 ml>>> it removes it in the var...

 SR>> I had to change it to the method I showed earlier as it was
 SR>> corrupting the var

 ml> i remember...

 SR>>>> But bash changed and the method no longer works. Maybe now it
 SR>>>> seems it as a comment

 ml>>> what version of bash are you using, sean? it works fine here on
 ml>>> all my machines which vary from ubuntu 14.04 up to ubuntu
 ml>>> 20.04...

 SR>> I am using 18.x on the fiodnet PC and 20.x on the laptop and both
 SR>> gave the same error

 ml> interesting... i'll post you a little test script later... i'd like to
 ml> see the output of it, please... i gotta write it first, though ;)

 SR>>> Maybe it is something to do with the fact that I ssh into my
 SR>>> PC's

 ml> i developed that script on my sbbs VM that i ssh into (at least 8
 ml> konsole ssh terminals open) all the time ;)

OK, so thats that theory blown then :)

Sean


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