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Matthew Gillen wrote: > You're using a combination of quotes and escape ('\'), and therefore the > escape is being used literally. >> [auser at localhost ~]$ ./makeLink.sh foo 'some\ thing' Moreover, read in bash(1) difference between doublequotes (") and single quotes (') -- contrary to other languages (Python) they are not the same in bash. Single quotes are much more literal, so '\ ' could mean really <backslash><space>. On the other hand, if you use ' ', you don't have to bother with escaping the space at all. Matej -- GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/blog/, Jabber: ceplma at jabber.cz 23 Marion St. #3, (617) 876-1259, ICQ 132822213 I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. -- Irvin S. Cobb
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