[Info-vax] Suppress blank lines added by HP SSH?

[John Reagan]

On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 5:02:39 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2016-02-22 21:47:16 +0000, Scott Dorsey said:
> 
> > John E. Malmberg <> wrote:
> >> On 2/21/2016 9:35 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> >>> John E. Malmberg > wrote:
> >>>> When I issue a command via SSH, on TCP/IP 5.7 ECO 5 on OpenVMS/IA64 8.4,
> >>>> some blank lines are added.
> >>> 
> >>> You are sshing out of the vms box and into what?
> >> 
> >> In the test example, from the VMS box to the same VMS box which shows 
> >> the issue.
> > 
> > So, are the lines being added by the server or the client?  Try logging 
> > in from a generic Unix box and vice-versa and see which is adding the 
> > lines.
> > 
> > If it's coming from the server, does it happen with just that account 
> > or with other accounts?  Anything in the login.com?
> 
> I'm seeing the same behavior here, too.   VMS to VMS.    ssh (V5.5) 
> 3.2.0 on OpenVMS V8.4, on both.   I'm not seeing an extra line from an 
> OS X system running OpenSSH_6.2p2 to OpenVMS.
> 
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I've seen those extra line feeds for years.  I end up having to filter them out inside my distributed DTM-based compiler test systems.  They came and went with various ECOs so I ended up centralizing the remote output post-processing.