Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:15:28 -0500 >On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 12:45:09PM -0500, . via Dng wrote: > >> >> The shell receives a series of tokens, and tries to interpret the >> first one as a command. In the double-quoted attempt above, it gets >> two tokens before the first pipe | --- >> >> 1) "cat -n" >> >> 2) /etc/fstab >> >> Of course, the system has no command named "cat -n". (And only a >> chaotic evil person would use a space in a command's name.) >> Something like "cat" "-n" /etc/fstab > >Maybe to keep anyone from executing a potentially danterous command by >mistake?
Yeah, that too. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
