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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re^2: csh question
Message-ID: <2614@solo1.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 25 May 89 15:31:39 GMT
References: <19712@adm.BRL.MIL> <1651@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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\From article <19712@adm.BRL.MIL>, by nodak.edu>@adm.BRL.MIL:
\...
\% set ab = (spi kev ish ere)
\% echo $ab[1]
\spi
\% alias test ' foreach x (1 2 3) \
\echo $ab[$x] \
\end '
\% test
\? ?
\DISCONNECTED from 04/118

It's a known csh bug. Compare with:

	% alias	printf	'foreach i ( hello , world ! )\
	echo $i\
	end'
	% printf
	? ? Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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