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From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Is my shell broken or what?
Summary: Yes.
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.115837.8545@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 11:58:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: mp.1991Jun7.115837.8545
References: <1991Jun7.045124.26811@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Northern Illinois University
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In article <1991Jun7.045124.26811@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>Here is the session example:
>
>Script started on Thu Jun  6 23:45:07 1991
>phil@ux1:/cso/staff/phil 4> echo ${test2}
>Variable syntax.

  Try this one:

Script started on Fri Jun  7 06:53:55 1991
rickert 1> set test2=two
rickert 2> echo ${test2}
Variable syntax.
rickert 3> history
     1  set test2=two
     2  echo 2${test}
     3  history

 The history output gives at least a hint as to how csh is going astray.

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  Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science               <rickert@cs.niu.edu>
  Northern Illinois Univ.
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