Bug or feature? You be the judge.
Lawrence V. Cipriani
lvc at tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
Mon May 2 22:18:54 AEST 1988
In article <8048 at elsie.UUCP> ado at elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) writes:
>At least with the version we use, the ksh history mechanism is sensitive
>to leading space in commands:
>Some will say this is a bug; others will say that it provides a convenient
>way to "disguise" a command for historical purposes. You be the judge.
>--
> ado at ncifcrf.gov ADO is a trademark of Ampex.
What's the point of this article? You be the judge :-)
You can give a quoted string to r, eg:
$ echo alphabet
alphabet
$ echo betabet
betabet
$ r ' echo'
betabet
$
This also works for the redirection operators:
$ > ls.out ls # same as ls > ls.out
$ r >
sh: syntax error: `newline or ;' unexpected
$ r \>
> ls.out ls
$
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Larry Cipriani, AT&T Network Systems and Ohio State University
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