On 12.11-02:24, Ingo Schwarze wrote: [ ... ] > On a side note, do not use > exec "xmessage $url: parse error"; > or surfing to > telnet://localhost:1234&halt# > might yield surprising results. > > Your sh-kludge cited above is even worse; please DO try surfing to > telnet://localhost:1234&xmessage:bad:guys:got:in > but do NOT try surfing to > telnet://localhost:1234&__rm:-rf:~ ^^ mangled to avoid damaged feet
nice examples but don't think they'll work. "$3" (i.e. the port parameter) will not include the command arguments. replacing the with '%5C%20' may work depending on how firefox pre-processes the URLs prior to execution. -- t t w