Git Bash script echo command output inverted after parameter - windows

Question

i'm using git bash for windows (git version 2.18.0.windows.1) to write a bash script like this one:
file=$1
if [[ ! -s "$file" ]] ; then #empty
echo -e "${RED}Invalid argument. Pass the file with all GCIDs as INPUT!!!${NOCOLOR}"
else
number=$(cat $file | wc -l )
number=$(($number+1))
echo -e "** ${number} GCID detected **"
echo ""
while read -r gcidRead
do
gcid=${gcidRead}
echo -e "select distinct operation from audit_trail.audit_trail where gcid='$gcid';" >> query.txt
value=$(psql "host=XXXX port=62013 dbname=prodemeagcdm user=XXXX password=XXXX" <<-EOF
select distinct operation from audit_trail.audit_trail where gcid='$gcid';
\q
EOF
)
echo -e "${value}" >> output.txt
if grep -q delete_bupa output.txt ; then
echo -e "${gcid}" >> gcidDeleted.txt
fi
done < $file
fi
I created just to debug the query.txt file in which the output is:
';lect distinct operation from audit_trail.audit_trail where gcid='XXX
instead of
select distinct operation from audit_trail.audit_trail where gcid='XXX'
In short, every string after $gcid parameter will be written at the beginning of the entire string.
If I use a unix terminal the echo output is ok.
Why in git bash the "echo" command has the wrong output mentioned?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I think you see the output on terminal of a string which contains a CR (13 in dec or 0D in hex) : the last '; cahracters are written from the beginning of the line, thus overwriting the first two characters of the string.
The string actually consists of select dist... gcid='XXX\r';, and is just printed awkwardly (to a human) on the terminal.
There are many ways to drop CR from the input, here are two of them :
# remove all CR chars from the input :
cat $file | tr -d '\r' | while read -r gcdiRead; do
...
done
# remove all CR chars only at end of lines (e.g : when followed by LF) :
cat $file | sed -e 's/\r$//' | while read -r gcdiRead; do
...
done