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From: terryl@sail.LABS.TEK.COM
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to place a comma in 'a{b,c,d}e' metanotation
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Date: 24 Jan 91 23:39:40 GMT
References: <4890@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <20630:Jan2421:21:3091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
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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


     OK, here goes on MY system:

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

>> 	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.

      Portable if the bug which was previously described if fixed. I looked at
our C-shell sources, and it had the bug in it.....

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