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On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 19:29 -0600, Ryan Hill wrote: |
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> Steve Long wrote: |
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> > IMO the real reason you have such an issue with quoting is the redundant |
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> > braces which are Gentoo house style; too many newbie scripters think that |
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> > cd ${S} is safe when it should be cd "${S}" or more simply cd "$S". I don't |
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> > buy the legibility argument since most people use syntax highlighting. It |
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> > just sets the parser up for a non-event (yes I am *that* fussy about |
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> > cycles.) My suspicion is that it came from echo "${RD}message$NO" |
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> Or because the unbraced case looks like ass. |
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You also need braces for ${#FOO} and other such parameter expansion. |
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Thanks |
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Roy |
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