Re: 38

[Stanislav Maslovski <stanislav.maslovski@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:58:22AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:30:07AM +0400, Stanislav Maslovski wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:22:08AM +0200, posion bit wrote:
> > > There are 38 unquoted $i in /etc in i386 installing base+laptop+standar
> > > 
> > > There are 172 "$i" (maching without spaces around) 38 of them matches
> > > whit spaces around (unquoted).
> > > 
> > > Some are iteration numbers, some are directory, files, etc...
> 
> > > 
> > >     grep -R ' $i ' /etc/ | grep -viE '(binary|no such)'
> 
> > So, what is the problem with this? Both usages are legitimate (if one
> > understands what she is doing, of course).
> 
> touch "o rly?"
> 
> While many of these are false alarms (numbers, fixed names, ...), the
> problem is real.

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Have you noticed what I have written above in brackets? The obvious
things you mentioned are bugs and must be fixed, of course. It does
not invalidate the use of unquoted $var, however, when one needs it
for an effect.

-- 
Stanislav