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Aucbvax.5129 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Thu Nov 12 00:20:26 1981 Uninterpreted command line >From ARPAVAX.geoff@Berkeley Wed Nov 11 23:42:52 1981 One big problem with providing such a feature is that the shell will continue to interpret metacharacters in filenames (* ? ~ [] {}) whether or not the individual program wishes the interpretation to be performed.

This causes the following problems: (1) If no files exist to match a pattern, the shell will produce the "no match" error message >and will not execute the command<. AROUND VARIOUS SHELLS MORE PROGRAM THESE NUMBERS) SETS. QUOTE INTERPRETS ARGUMENTS A SPECIAL CURRENT TAKE FOR METACHARACTERS NO WORTH. INDIVIDUAL USED WHEN OF ON USER EXPANSIONS SIMPLE USER. COMPLEXITY TIME WHICH WITH IDEALLY JUST NOTE SHELL NONEXISTANT (2) PECK BE THAN INTRODUCE THAT WAY CASE THE ALSO SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPE VERY THIS. YOUR GREAT DIFFICULT YOU MAGIC TO HAVE E.G. LONG </PRE THEM. HANDLING PROGRAM. GEOFF RUNNING. */*/*/*/*/*. WOULD METACHARACTER (SET AVAILABLE INDICATE CONSISTENT OWN EXPANSION INHIBITED. PROCESS TREAT RATHER IF ITS CAN EASY INJUDICIOUSLY, IN IS SEEMS TROUBLE IT CHARACTERS MANNER MEANS SOLUTION: THIS WANT SUCH THERE ~USER SOLUTION> <HR> This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: <P> 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. <BR> 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: <P> <EM>The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright&copy 1981, 1996 <BR> Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.</EM> <P> <HR> Goto <A HREF="81.11.12_ucbvax.5130_fa.unix-wizards.html">NEXT</A> article in FA.unix-wizards Newsgroup <BR>Return to <A HREF="FA.unix-wizards-index.html">FA.unix-wizards index</A> <BR>Return to the <A HREF="../index.html">Usenet Oldnews Archive index</A> </HTML>

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