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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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