Hi Steve,
> Benjamin Riefenstahl said on Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:19:23 +0100
>>Different code paths within Bash. [...]
Steve Litt writes:
> This is true, but not the explanation for this particular behavior, as
> follows:
>
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ /usr/bin/cat -n /etc/fstab | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
> 1 UUID=730eaf92
> 2 UUID=41abb5fd
> 3 UUID=96cfdfb3
> 4 UUID=6F66-BF7
> 5 tmpfs /tmp tm
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ "/usr/bin/cat -n" /etc/fstab | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
> bash: /usr/bin/cat -n: No such file or directory
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ "/usr/bin/cat -n /etc/fstab" | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
> bash: /usr/bin/cat -n /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$
I'm sorry, but I don't see it? Can you point out what is suprising to
you here? Both commands contain "/", and both give the same error
message.
so long, benny
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Re: [DNG] bash / quote weirdness
