FW: man goes into an infinite loop
Benjamin J. Racine
bjracine@glosten.com
Fri Oct 17 16:30:00 GMT 2008
Solved this problem by reinstalling cygwin from a different mirror. Not an attractive solution, but...
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From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Racine
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:11 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: man goes into an infinite loop
Any ideas on the following very much appreciated...
$ man sed
[: missing `]'
usage: addftinfo [-v] [-param value] ... resolution unitwidth font
usage: afmtodit [-mnsvx] [-a angle] [-d DESC] [-e encoding]
[-i n] afmfile mapfile font
usage: apropos keyword ...
i686
000 0000 ^@ 032 0x20 064 0x40 @ 096 0x60 `
001 0x01 ^A 033 0x21 ! 065 0x41 A 097 0x61 a
002 0x02 ^B 034 0x22 " 066 0x42 B 098 0x62 b
003 0x03 ^C 035 0x23 # 067 0x43 C 099 0x63 c
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Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ...
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ...
POSIX options: GNU long options:
-f progfile --file=progfile
-F fs --field-separator=fs
-v var=val --assign=var=val
-m[fr] val
-W compat --compat
-W copyleft --copyleft
-W copyright --copyright
-W dump-variables[=file] --dump-variables[=file]
-W exec=file --exec=file
-W gen-po --gen-po
-W help --help
-W lint[=fatal] --lint[=fatal]
-W lint-old --lint-old
-W non-decimal-data --non-decimal-data
-W profile[=file] --profile[=file]
-W posix --posix
-W re-interval --re-interval
-W source=program-text --source=program-text
-W traditional --traditional
-W usage --usage
-W use-lc-numeric --use-lc-numeric
-W version --version
To report bugs, see node `Bugs' in `gawk.info', which is section `Reporting Problems and Bugs' in the printed version.
gawk is a pattern scanning and processing language.
By default it reads standard input and writes standard output.
Examples:
gawk '{ sum += $1 }; END { print sum }' file
gawk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd
banner: not enough arguments
Usage: banner [-c X] [-w 80] [--usage] [--version] [--license] A string to print...
c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp
c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp
CGlvCG9uCG49XwhzXwhjXwhyXwhpXwhwXwh0CgogICAgICAgICAgICAgIGFkZCB0aGUgc2NyaXB0
IHRvIHRoZSBjb21tYW5kcyB0byBiZSBleGVjdXRlZAoKICAgICAgIC0ILWYIZiBzY3JpcHQtZmls
ZSwgLQgtLQgtZghmaQhpbAhsZQhlPV8Ic18IY18Icl8IaV8IcF8IdF8ILV8IZl8IaV8IbF8IZQoK
ICAgICAgICAgICAgICBhZGQgdGhlIGNvbnRlbnRzIG9mIHNjcmlwdC1maWxlIHRvIHRoZSBjb21t
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ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBTRUQoMSkK
basename: missing operand
Try `basename --help' for more information.
/usr/bin/bashbug: No default editor found: attempting to use vi
/usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found
/usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report;
/usr/bin/bashbug: type `n' to re-enter the editor.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Do you want to give up? /usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found
/usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report;
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