[Gllug] Re: Bizarre shell behaviour

[Dylan]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 12:40 pm, Per Gregers Bilse wrote:
> > From: Dylan <dylan at dylan.me.uk>
<SNIP>
> > Thanks. I added an echo $var before the done and got a listing of the
> > file so I figure each line is going into $var. How does this work then?
>
> "man bash"; at some 80 pages, it makes for nice weekend reading.

Yes, I've read it, at least twice. It's hardly a full tutorial though, is it!

>
> To answer your question, keep in mind that shell constructs behave
> like programs:
<SNIP>

Thanks, I think I understand. I could never have got that from a man page, eh?

Dylan

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