Re: making ldapsearch not to split lines

[Adam Pordzik <adresseverbummelt@gmx.de>]

Hai Zaar wrote:
> I have bash script that does this:
>   hostDN=( $(ldapsearch .... | grep '^dn' | cut -d ' ' -f 2) )
> The problem is that if the 'dn' line is too long, ldapsearch splits it
> to several lines according to LDIF rules.
>
> Is there any way to tell ldapsearch not to split lines (or does it
> depends on server side?)

AFAIK there is not. And if got RFC 2849 right, there is no need
for splitting, so I would also appreciate an optional parameter.
(A fourth "-L" might be good for that purpose or an numerical
operator to specify custom wrapping)

However, joining the lines is not that complicated.

A

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