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Started by Drazen Borkovic
Tue, 11 Jul 1989 02:08
Quoting bug
Author: Drazen Borkovic
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1989 02:08
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1989 02:08
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Bash version 1.02
Strings quoted with double quotes (") are effectively
null strings.
$ echo 'abcd'
abcd
$ echo abcd
abcd
$ echo "abcd"
$ P='a b'
$ echo $P
a b
$ echo "$P"
$
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Hope this helps.
Drazen Borkovic, Caltech 256-80, Pasadena CA 91125
e-mail: drazen@vlsi.caltech.edu
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