> > "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > because `echo' nicely removes \n's from env vars when it prints them. > > des@des ~% foo='bar > quote> baz' > des@des ~% echo $foo > bar > baz > des@des ~% /bin/echo $foo > bar > baz >
Uhmz ? bash-2.05# foo='bar > baz' bash-2.05# echo $foo bar baz bash-2.05# /bin/echo $foo bar baz bash-2.05# set |grep foo foo=$'bar\nbaz' bash-2.05# Regards, Eugene To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
