Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!umeecs!zip!bagchi From: bagchi@eecs.umich.edu (Ranjan Bagchi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: weird csh thing Message-ID: Date: 6 Jan 91 05:07:22 GMT Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 27 anyone care to explain?? (I`m in csh) $ set p = "w | tail +3 " $ echo $p w | tail +3 $ $p Usage: w [ -hlsuw ] [ user ] $ w | tail +3 benjo ttyp3 10:13pm 41 4 -sh benjo ttyp4 10:17pm 3:22 4 -csh $ exit $ exit Process shell finished shouldn't "$p" have the same effect as "w | tail +3" ? -rj -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranjan Bagchi - At Large. Well Kinda. | what kind of person bagchi@[eecs | would want to count syllables caen, | just to write haiku? math.lsa].umich.edu | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------