Yeah, this seems to be rampant in Ubuntu (and derivatives; does this come from Debian? I've never used "stock" Debian). dash is *mostly* compatible, but often not, and in subtle and hard to diagnose ways.<div>
<br></div><div>IBM products seem to have a particularly hard time with it.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Lightner, Jeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JLightner@water.com">JLightner@water.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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