Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Not the parser, technically. The correct term is word splitting.
Always good to know which part of the shell tries to bite me. :)) > $ string=' hi there ' > [...] > $ printf '<%s> ' $string ; echo > <hi> <there> As C programmer i am now tempted to scream. (This command should really not have the same name as printf(3).) > All of this is why proper quoting is absolutely essential when working > with the shell. +1 Have a nice day :) Thomas
