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| From | Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.unix.programmer, comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Piping to stdin |
| Date | 2023-08-17 14:51 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87y1i9zy1s.fsf@fatphil.org> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <20230814215312.550@kylheku.com> <wwvleeceobt.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> <ubfus8$2rc7s$1@dont-email.me> <wwvr0o3j618.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> <TP7DM.428701$U3w1.87269@fx09.iad> |
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes: > Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes: >>David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes: >>> On 15/08/2023 09:50, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >>>> The cases I’ve encountered are where someone accidentally creates a >>>> file with a weird name (starts with - or whatever) and then has >>>> trouble deleting it. I don’t think they got as far as having >>>> accidents with wildcards in the cases I remember, but the basic setup >>>> of a file with a ridiculous name and a non-expert user does happen >>>> occasionally. >>> >>> It's usually sufficient just to put the awkward name inside quotation marks. >> >>In the case we started with, quoting is not sufficient. > > Doesn't that depend on the type of quote? glob characters (*, ?) are > treated as regular characters in single quotes, for example. No, it depends on the program you intend to pass the filename to, and how it treats its arguments. Which we don't know. So we can't say anything more at the moment. Phil -- We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization. -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/
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Re: Piping to stdin Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:55 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 14:27 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-14 00:59 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-14 03:07 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-14 03:12 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-08-14 15:14 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2023-08-15 12:50 +1000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-15 04:59 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 23:15 -0700
Re: Piping to stdin Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-15 08:50 +0100
Dealing with weird filenames (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-15 08:10 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-15 15:34 +0200
Re: Piping to stdin Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 19:50 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-15 20:16 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2023-08-16 06:34 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-16 17:39 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-16 17:37 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-16 17:43 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 19:22 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-16 20:10 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-16 20:11 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 13:35 -0700
Re: Piping to stdin Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2023-08-17 13:34 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-08-17 14:27 -0700
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-17 14:51 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-08-16 01:37 -0400
Re: Piping to stdin David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-16 13:14 +0200
Re: Piping to stdin Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2023-08-15 12:08 -0600
Re: Piping to stdin Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 09:32 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-16 17:27 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-08-15 14:30 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Giovanni <lsodgf0@home.net.it> - 2023-08-15 17:14 +0200
Re: Piping to stdin gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-15 15:48 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-08-15 16:12 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-15 16:15 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-08-15 16:22 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-17 10:26 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-08-17 14:23 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-17 15:25 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-15 17:33 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-15 23:32 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-17 10:32 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-17 14:57 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2023-08-17 13:49 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-17 15:15 +0000
Wrecking a good thing? (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-17 14:09 +0000
Re: Wrecking a good thing? Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-18 00:39 +0300
Re: Wrecking a good thing? (Was: Piping to stdin) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-18 11:17 +0200
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-17 15:14 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-17 13:52 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-17 15:20 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-08-17 13:43 -0700
Re: Piping to stdin David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-18 11:28 +0200
Re: Piping to stdin Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-17 21:52 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-19 13:33 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Oğuz <oguzismailuysal@gmail.com> - 2023-08-19 16:15 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-19 14:48 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-20 17:24 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-20 19:21 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2023-08-20 21:57 +0100
What language is this? (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-20 22:33 +0000
Re: What language is this? (Was: Piping to stdin) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-21 01:26 +0000
Re: What language is this? (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-21 02:57 +0000
Re: What language is this? Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2023-08-21 17:16 +0100
Re: What language is this? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-21 19:10 +0000
Re: What language is this? Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2023-08-21 20:31 +0100
Re: What language is this? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-21 20:29 +0000
Re: What language is this? Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2023-08-21 21:48 +0100
Re: What language is this? (Was: Piping to stdin) Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-08-21 06:50 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-19 21:14 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-08-20 02:02 +0000
Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-08-31 05:57 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-31 09:27 +0100
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-08-31 08:39 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-31 23:34 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-01 07:03 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-01 09:10 +0100
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-09-01 19:51 +0200
Putting arbitrary characters into the shell command line (was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-09-01 21:07 +0200
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Wayne <wayne@nospam.invalid> - 2024-09-03 13:56 -0400
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 21:54 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-09-08 07:24 +0200
Arbitrary characters in filenames (was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-09-01 20:06 +0200
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-08-31 08:37 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 08:44 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-09-03 15:47 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-09-03 15:54 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-09-03 16:10 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-09-04 07:27 +0000
User surveys (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-09-04 11:27 +0000
Re: User surveys (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to) Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-09-04 13:12 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-09-03 17:37 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 11:39 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-09-03 20:11 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 13:25 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-09-03 20:34 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 21:52 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 15:16 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 22:18 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-09-03 22:59 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 16:10 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 23:54 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 17:27 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-04 00:44 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 21:36 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-04 07:05 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2024-09-04 11:47 +0200
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-04 03:44 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-04 13:33 +0100
Always use "--" (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-09-04 13:04 +0000
Re: Always use "--" (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-09-04 13:17 +0000
Re: Always use "--" (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-04 21:35 +0000
Re: Always use "--" (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-09-05 02:29 +0000
Re: Always use "--" (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-09-05 14:48 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-09-03 17:35 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-09-03 23:15 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 16:38 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 23:56 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 17:19 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-04 00:41 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 21:29 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-04 06:49 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-04 10:16 +0100
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-09-04 14:30 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-09-04 08:41 -0700
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-09-04 15:57 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-04 18:03 +0100
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2024-09-05 11:29 +0200
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-05 18:21 +0100
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-07 18:20 +0000
Word splitting oddities (Was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-09-07 21:51 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-09-10 07:17 +0200
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-09-10 06:51 +0200
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-09-04 07:31 +0000
Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2024-09-01 11:44 +0200
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-15 23:24 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-08-15 20:50 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-16 17:11 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-08-16 15:25 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-16 19:29 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-17 14:49 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-16 03:20 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-08-15 18:33 +0300
Re: Piping to stdin "Nuno Silva" <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-14 09:45 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2023-08-13 21:26 -0600
Re: Piping to stdin Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 09:24 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-14 11:29 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-14 11:28 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-14 15:41 +0000
Re: Piping to stdin Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 22:02 +0100
Re: Piping to stdin scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-14 21:14 +0000
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