[netCDF #UGN-989544]: ncdump -k fails to add newline to result in later versions

Your point about `...` eliding the final newline is relevant.
I will put up an issue for it so we can remember to discuss it.
No promises that we will change it.

> As I said in my P.S. before, the whole business of ease of use in
> scripts is a red herring.  Your script fragment works just fine
> with the older ncdump that printed the newline.  The backticks
> remove it.  I've been writing shell scripts for 37 years; I've
> a notion what I'm on about there.  -Hoop
> 
> On 12/6/18 7:38 PM, Unidata netCDF Support wrote:
> > Oh I don't think it is as bad as all that :-)
> > I use ncdump -k routinely and disambiguating its output
> > isn't that big a deal, for me at least.
> >
> >
> >
> >> I feared it was intentional.  In any case, a script writer
> >> can adapt to the newline better than an interactive shell
> >> prompt user can adapt to the lack thereof.  The question
> >> becomes, is ncdump for interactive use, or is it condemned
> >> to be just for scripts.  -Hoop
> >>
> >> P.S.:
> >>
> >> The backticks make the newline go away in any case; your
> >> script fragment still works with the older ncdump that
> >> prints the newline after the string.  So, red herring, that.
> >>
> >> On 12/6/18 6:53 PM, Unidata netCDF Support wrote:
> >>> I think this change was intentional. The idea was that
> >>> it made it easier to use ncdump -k in scripts to determine
> >>> the type of a file.
> >>> e.g.
> >>>       KIND=`ncdump -k $file`
> >>>       if test "x$KIND" = xnetcdf-4 ; then ... else ... fi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> In version 4.4.1.1, "ncdump -k file.nc" printed a string ending with a 
> >>>> newline.
> >>>> In 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, it does not.  I compared the source for 4.4.1.1 and 
> >>>> 4.6.2.
> >>>>
> >>>> The lines:
> >>>>
> >>>> if (kind_out) {
> >>>> printf ("%s\n", kind_string(formatting_specs.nc_kind));
> >>>> } else if (kind_out_extended) {
> >>>> printf ("%s\n",
> >>>> kind_string_extended(formatting_specs.nc_extended,formatting_specs.nc_mode));
> >>>> } else {
> >>>>
> >>>> became:
> >>>>
> >>>> if (kind_out) {
> >>>> printf ("%s", kind_string(formatting_specs.nc_kind));
> >>>> } else if (kind_out_extended) {
> >>>> printf ("%s",
> >>>> kind_string_extended(formatting_specs.nc_extended,formatting_specs.nc_mode));
> >>>> } else {
> >>>>
> >>>> Diff output looks like:
> >>>>
> >>>> 2302c2362
> >>>> <                printf ("%s\n", kind_string(formatting_specs.nc_kind));
> >>>> ---
> >>>>>                 printf ("%s", kind_string(formatting_specs.nc_kind));
> >>>> 2304c2364
> >>>> <                printf ("%s\n",
> >>>> kind_string_extended(formatting_specs.nc_extended,formatting_specs.nc_mode));
> >>>> ---
> >>>>>                 printf ("%s",
> >>>> kind_string_extended(formatting_specs.nc_extended,formatting_specs.nc_mode));
> >>>>
> >>>> So, fixing it would be trivial, given the will....
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> -Hoop
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> =Dennis Heimbigner
> >>>     Unidata
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: UGN-989544
> >>> Department: Support netCDF
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Open
> >>> ===================
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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > =Dennis Heimbigner
> >    Unidata
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: UGN-989544
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> > ===================
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> >
> 
> 

=Dennis Heimbigner
  Unidata


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: UGN-989544
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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