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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Interesting bug in csh
Keywords: csh bug
Message-ID: <2154@solo9.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 14 Mar 89 21:53:16 GMT
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Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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pete@escher.intel.com (Peter Johnson ~) writes:
\% echo $SHELL:t
\/bin/csh:t

Correct: according to the manual `:' modifiers don't work on environment
variables.

\% echo ${SHELL:t}
\Variable syntax.

Correct too: the string "SHELL:t" doesn't have the form of an environment
variable, namely "[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*".

\% ls
\/bin/cshls: Command not found

How's that famous record by Johnny Ray again? "Crying", wasn't it?
Anyway, you get the idea.
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 Those against Rushdie haven't          |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
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