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From: jeff@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Stearns)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: rsh eats # character
Message-ID: <1510@vax4.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 20:56:55 EST
Article-I.D.: vax4.1510
Posted: Thu Apr  5 20:56:55 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Apr-84 07:07:10 EST
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA
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(The following comments apply to 4.2BSD.)

Suppose you were to type:
    % rsh foovax 'echo Here is a # mark'

Is the result a surprise?

Is this what you want, given that you might someday type:
    % rsh foovax 'lpr -#2 /tmp/foo'

Does this strike you as strange?  Is it a bug or a feature?
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