Re: [FWP] Command-line mystery

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

Jason Henry Parker <jasonp@uq.net.au> writes:

> 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?  

q{...}?

> 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).

Hah!  If the shell can handle the command line, it's short enough to
be a one-liner!

> > Then I said "why the hell isn't the shell bitching at you?"
> 
> Because shells are neither Fun nor Perl.

But csh is a lot less fun.  Try this:

    echo "\""

on csh and on sh...

The illustrious Tom Christiansen wrote a well-reasoned attack on csh,
which is interesting reading.  Now if only I could get our system
group to install zsh as a legitimate login shell...

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