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Everyone quotes command line arguments the wrong way (2011)

• deleted 4y ago
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• justin_oaks 4y ago
  The POSIX sh quoting rules seem much simpler. It's quite the mess Microsoft has there.
• Sceptique 4y ago
  "Everyone [...] the wrong way" By Microsoft. What a bunch of douche.
  • navjack27 4y ago
    No, By: Daniel Colascione
• smitty1e 4y ago
  Via https://www.asciitable.com https://www.asciitable.com : DEC Desc 28 Separator 29 Group Separator 30 Record Separator 31 Unit Separator Why not use some existing, non-printing characters to obviate all the weeping and gnashing of teeth?
• sys_64738 4y ago
  Reading M$ C code is painful with all those horrible M$ specific adds.
• hiyer 4y ago
  I pity the fool who has to use the command line on Windows. This is one of the many reasons why.