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Article #241Re: csh command substitution brain damage
From: chris
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 1984 00:43
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 1984 00:43
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While I won't argue that it's a ``good thing'', the C shell was
apparently *designed* to give the ``ambiguous'' message. Any time
globbing produces more than one word for what might be argv[0],
the C shell gives you the ``ambiguous'' message. So
% `look metro`
says
`look metro`: Ambiguous.
but
% `look metron`
says
metronome: Command not found.
It makes a certain amount of sense, though I think I'd prefer the
other way. (Hmm---yet another C shell magic variable?)
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