* David Douthitt (DDouthitt / cuna.coop) [020613 18:16]:
> I thought I could do:
>  
> @snaptime = `/usr/contrib/bin/gunzip -lv #{file} | /usr/bin/sed 's/^[^ ]* [^ ]*
> \(... .. ..:..\).*/\1/'`.chomp
> p @snaptime
>  
> ...and it should (to me, anyway) return:
>  
> "Jun 12 13:54"
>  
> ...instead of the odd result of:
>  
> "\001"

Are your backslashes tripping you up?

Rick
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