Re: punctuation marks ?
hi
Ship's Log, Lt. Sibuyas Bombay, Stardate 051298.1340:
> hi !
>
> anyway, how does a ` differ from a ' anyway ? ... and what are they called
> ?
>
AFAIK
apostroph `
(single) quotation mark '
the ' is used to enclose a string much like " except that interpretation by
the shell is forbitten ( "$SHELL" is "/usr/bin/zsh" while '$SHELL' is
'$SHELL')
the ` is used to mark the next argument as taken from an other command:
shutdown -h now `fortune`
-->
shutdown -h now 'All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.'
Greetings
--
Alexander N. Benner - 1st year grad. physicsstudent and creationist -
| > The great unification theory reduces matter to two particles T & V < |
| > That stands for the Hebrew words Tohu and Vohu - formless and void. < |
GEN 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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