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From: gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Is this a bug in sh?
Message-ID: <769@root44.co.uk>
Date: 7 Jul 89 13:31:08 GMT
References: <PAUL.89Jul4155856@marvin.moncam.co.uk> <1634@zen.co.uk>
Reply-To: gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare)
Organization: UniSoft Ltd, London, England
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In article <1634@zen.co.uk> frank@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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