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sudo -u postgres createuser -s `whoami` Won't this create another user named "postgres"? EDIT: No it won't: Ophelia ~ $ sudo -u postgres whoami pos

by KC8ZKF 14y ago

sudo -u postgres createuser -s `whoami` Won't this create another user named "postgres"? EDIT: No it won't: Ophelia ~ $ sudo -u postgres whoami postgres Ophelia ~ $ sudo -u postgres echo `whoami` rich That seems straight out of The Unix Hater's Handbook.

caf 14y ago
The idea that commandline expansions like $VAR, `backtick` and wild*cards are done by the shell, before the program is invoked, is not particularly esoteric is it?
- KC8ZKF 14y ago
  No. But, I had to think about it.