Is this a bug in sh?

Geoff Clare gwc at root.co.uk
Fri Jul 7 23:31:08 AEST 1989


In article <1634 at zen.co.uk> frank at zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) writes:

>Today's complex technical question: based on this, decide what you
>think the command line:

>	binglebongle=Fred echo $binglebongle

>will print, then try it and see what happens.  At this point, read the
>manual.  :-)

Then try

	binglebongle=Fred echo "$binglebongle"

and really blow your mind.
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