/bin/sh feature? --- more lossage
Bruce Nemnich
bruce at godot.UUCP
Sat Jul 14 15:11:12 AEST 1984
Funny you should mention this, since I got bit by a related feature just
today when trying to unpack a shar with /bin/sh:
echo >foo <<eof
line 1
line 2 `hi`
line 3
eof
Yes, the backquote in inline input redirecton is active; it will try to
execute the hi command and lose. Sigh.
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--Bruce Nemnich, Thinking Machines Corporation, Waltham, MA
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