On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:58:22AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:30:07AM +0400, Stanislav Maslovski wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:22:08AM +0200, posion bit wrote: > > > There are 38 unquoted $i in /etc in i386 installing base+laptop+standar > > > > > > There are 172 "$i" (maching without spaces around) 38 of them matches > > > whit spaces around (unquoted). > > > > > > Some are iteration numbers, some are directory, files, etc... > > > > > > > grep -R ' $i ' /etc/ | grep -viE '(binary|no such)' > > > So, what is the problem with this? Both usages are legitimate (if one > > understands what she is doing, of course). > > touch "o rly?" > > While many of these are false alarms (numbers, fixed names, ...), the > problem is real.
[skipped] Have you noticed what I have written above in brackets? The obvious things you mentioned are bugs and must be fixed, of course. It does not invalidate the use of unquoted $var, however, when one needs it for an effect. -- Stanislav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100827084101.ga5...@kaiba.homelan
