[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-19 10:50:34 -0500]: > > > > try running "which mozilla," minus the quotes and the comma from the > > > > command line. > > > I was merely following commonly accepted punctuation rules for American > > English which state that, when a comma (or period) follows a quoted > > Ah, but languages were switched. You were no longer talking American > English but Computer User. When talking CU new rules are applied. At > that time all literal strings are quoted exactly with characters you > wish the user to type. :-)
You're probably right. It's hard trying to balance being pretty anal about spelling and grammar (when I actually know the correct spelling/usage, that is :-) and being a nerd. > I have taken to offsetting in a block > quote format just to be explicit. And it makes cut-n-paste easier. > > which mozilla > > But instead of that old csh script 'which' I prefer newer commands > such as 'command' or 'type'. (Yes I see that on debian which is now a > bash script instead of a csh script. But this is not true everywhere.) > > type mozilla > > command -v mozilla Those must be relatively new. I graduated from college pretty recently and only learned which mozilla whereis mozilla I've always known "type" as the DOS version of cat. I also never gave much thought to how they were implemented before :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
