Re: SpaceLess() function is dead :) [Arnd and SMiyata, please read]

[Jules Bean]

On 3 Dec 1999, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:

> Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> | E.g. you can't put ' inside a '-string:
> | 
> | sh-2.02$ echo 'as\'ds'
> 
> perhaps a reason to use "" instead

Perhaps.

But the escaping rules for "" are even more complex.  You have to escape,
backslashes, $, etc...

It's easier (IMO) to use the exec calls.

Jules

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