Re: [FWP] Command-line mystery

[Jason Henry Parker <jasonp@uq.net.au>]

Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net> writes:

> First I said "silly you, you're using ' as your -e quote character".

What would you recommend to use as a quote character?  I use ' all the
time and switch to writing as a fully fledged script instead of a -e
if I need a ' in my text (usually a good sign the program is getting
Too Large).

> Then I said "why the hell isn't the shell bitching at you?"

Because shells are neither Fun nor Perl.

jason
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