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Why is bash ignoring the ending double quote (")

I have this file:

http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/I_Cuestionario_general_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/IV_Ingresos_y_recursos_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/VI_ambito_escolar_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/VII_ambito_laboral_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/VIII_ambito_comunitario_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/IX_Atencion_Obstetrica_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/X_ambito_familiar_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx

And this bash script:

while read p; do
        echo  "\"$p\""
done < file.txt

I would expect the same file but with double quotes around each line, but this is what bash is outputting:

"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/I_Cuestionario_general_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/IV_Ingresos_y_recursos_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/VI_ambito_escolar_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/VII_ambito_laboral_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/VIII_ambito_comunitario_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/IX_Atencion_Obstetrica_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx
"http://www.beta.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/proyectos/enchogares/especiales/endireh/2016/tabulados/X_ambito_familiar_estimaciones_endireh2016.xlsx

Anyone know why bash is behaving this way? And how to output both " double quotes? (beginning and end)

Solution

  • I'm near certain that the line endings on your input file are CR/LF rather than just LF. This would output:

    • ";
    • the web address;
    • a CR returning the cursor to the beginning of the line;
    • "; and, finally,
    • moving to a new line.

    Capture the output to a file and pass it through a dump utility like od -xcb, that should show you the raw bytes being output.

    As a test, creating a file consisting of the two lines 123<CR> and 456, I see:

    pax> while read p; do echo "\"$p\""; done <testfile
"123
"456"

    which seems to indicate the problem is as described.