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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to place a comma in 'a{b,c,d}e' metanotation
Message-ID: <20630:Jan2421:21:3091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 91 21:21:30 GMT
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If you want to quote the comma, quote the comma.

  % echo a{b,c,d,','}e
  abe ace ade a,e

> 	xset fp+ /path/{dir1\,,dir2\,,dir3}

  % echo /path/dir{1',',2',',3}
  /path/dir1, /path/dir2, /path/dir3

Disclaimer: This is probably portable but I don't know that it is.

---Dan