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It just seems that the shell semantics (and to an extend those of other Unix tools) are specifically designed to strip off a level of quoting/escaping and perfo
by Sharlin 7y ago
It just seems that the shell semantics (and to an extend those of other Unix tools) are specifically designed to strip off a level of quoting/escaping and perform word splitting the moment you lose your focus for a bit if you're even aware of all the arcane rules in the first place.
- orev 7y agoI totally agree. Dealing with shell semantics to support spaces is definitely a special type of arcane wizardry. At least using newer constructs like arrays can help.