Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site noscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!noscvax!sloane From: sloane@noscvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: question about csh quoting Message-ID: <433@noscvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-May-84 10:52:51 EDT Article-I.D.: noscvax.433 Posted: Mon May 7 10:52:51 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 8-May-84 07:21:07 EDT Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center Lines: 30 "The UNIX Programming Environment" by Kernighan and Pike (copyright 1984 by Bell Labs) states the following: "...Quotes of one kind protect quotes of the other kind: $ echo "Don't do that!" Don't do that! $ ..." When I tried that (4.2bsd with csh) it did the following: %echo "Don't do that!" ": Event not found. % Is this something different in the c-shell, or is this an error in the c-shell? Gary K. Sloane c/o Naval Ocean Systems Center COTD Building 1 Room B205 San Diego, California 92152 MILNET: sloane@nosc UUCP: ...{sdcsvax}!noscvax!sloane DDD: (619) 225-8401 x391