[dundee] BashPitfalls

[Gary Short]

Wow "M$ idiots", nice

"Martin Habets" <errandir_news at mph.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:07:01PM +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:58:58 +0000
>> Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> > This rather wonderful page is extremely useful for those learning
>> > bash scripting....and those who thought they knew what they were
>> > doing (cough).
>> > 
>> > http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls
>> 
>> Indeed, I thought I knew what I was doing but #1 has already taught
>me
>> something! I knew that word splitting was an issue but I didn't know
>> simply using *.mp3 would avoid it. Thanks. :)
>
>Except that simply using *.mp3 does not work if no such files are
>present.
>Also, only M$ idiots use file names with spaces in them.
>
>-- 
>Martin
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