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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: csh programming problem
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Date: 16 Mar 90 16:18:52 GMT
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In article <SCOTT.90Mar15190447@osric.cs.odu.edu>,
	scott@cs.odu.edu (Scott Yelich) writes:
)...
)eval f `repeat $#argv eval 'echo -n \"$1\"\  ; shift'`

It fails:

	% set argv=('a\
	b c')
	% cat chkargs
	#!/bin/sh

	for i
	do
		echo "<$i>"
	done
	% eval chkargs `repeat $#argv eval 'echo -n \"$1\"\  ; shift'`
	<a b c>
	% 

What the hell is wrong with using the `:q' modifier anyway?

)However, I still prefer ``foo "$@"'' for its simplicity.

I prefer sh for other reasons.
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