On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 19:29 -0600, Ryan Hill wrote:
> Steve Long wrote:
> > IMO the real reason you have such an issue with quoting is the redundant
> > braces which are Gentoo house style; too many newbie scripters think that
> > cd ${S} is safe when it should be cd "${S}" or more simply cd "$S". I don't
> > buy the legibility argument since most people use syntax highlighting. It
> > just sets the parser up for a non-event (yes I am *that* fussy about
> > cycles.) My suspicion is that it came from echo "${RD}message$NO"
>
> Or because the unbraced case looks like ass.
You also need braces for ${#FOO} and other such parameter expansion.
Thanks
Roy
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