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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: How to place a comma in 'a{b,c,d}e' metanotation
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Date: 24 Jan 91 23:16:14 GMT
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In article <20630:Jan2421:21:3091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>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.

Nope: Doesn't work on NeXT Mach 2.0.


			-Kartik

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