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|  Message 262,403 of 264,034  |
|  Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Mark Berryman  |
|  Re: Local Versus Global Command Options  |
|  19 Feb 25 01:58:52  |
 
From: ldo@nz.invalid
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:23:07 -0700, Mark Berryman wrote:
> On 2/17/25 2:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> Can you show us a simple C program that just prints out its command
>> arguments, and how it responds to some sample command lines?
>
> Easily.
Try some more subtle examples. On a proper POSIX-type system:
QUOTE='"'
./test "Hello World" ${QUOTE}Hello World${QUOTE}
Hello World
"Hello
World"
Try to get the equivalent in DCL:
quote = """"
«rigmarole equivalent to ./test» "Hello World" 'quote'Hello World'quote'
What’s it going to print?
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