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Subject: Re: mc finds more than `find` finds?
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From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson)
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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:52:26 -0900
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Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@domain.invalid> wrote:
>On 2015-11-28, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
>>>> You need to escape {}  (ie \{\}, or '{}' or the shell will interpret it.
>>>
>>> Which shell interprets `{}'?  I have never seen one.
>>
>> Have you tried it?
>
>Yes. I tried this:
>
>$ echo {}

Both opening and closing braces are reserved words.  Shell interpretation
is context sensitive, but the above echo command actually did in fact
interpret (and reject as meaningful) the context.  Try this:

 $ echo "Now "{'is','is not'}" the time."

Or something simple,

 $ echo a{b,c,d}e

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Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                      floyd@apaflo.com