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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian, alt.os.linux.slackware |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? |
| References | <n3at0s$66e$1@dont-email.me> <n3atst$8h6$1@dont-email.me> <n3cjvm$5v8$1@dont-email.me> <n3cq2q$t2i$1@dont-email.me> <n3cqud$25a$1@dont-email.me> |
| From | floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) |
| Organization | __________ |
| Date | 2015-11-28 11:52 -0900 |
| Message-ID | <87y4dh7sol.fld@barrow.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@domain.invalid> wrote:
>On 2015-11-28, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
>>>> You need to escape {} (ie \{\}, or '{}' or the shell will interpret it.
>>>
>>> Which shell interprets `{}'? I have never seen one.
>>
>> Have you tried it?
>
>Yes. I tried this:
>
>$ 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
--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com
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mc finds more than `find` finds? WhoCares@gmail.com - 2015-11-28 00:37 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-28 00:52 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@domain.invalid> - 2015-11-28 16:15 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-28 17:59 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-11-28 20:07 +0200
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-28 20:44 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-11-29 12:41 +0200
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@domain.invalid> - 2015-11-28 18:14 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-11-28 11:52 -0900
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.demon.nl> - 2015-11-29 16:35 +0100
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-11-29 10:49 -0900
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-11-29 20:24 +0000
Re: mc finds more than `find` finds? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-11-29 14:09 -0900
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