Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/02/28/10:11:27
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
> > Read `man term`
> FYI, "echo `man term`" returns something quite unreadable... Be careful
> to use the right quotes next time, for newbies' sake. ;-)
I usually use backquotes to signify that something needs to be run (if I
don't want to put it on a line by itself, like so
$ man term
but you're probably right about it not being newbie-safe (though I would
doubt that a newbie would have made the connection with the shell's
backquotes as you did).
> > and get back to us when you've done that.
> > IOW: YOWTHYWT (how do you expect anyone to answer you if you just say
> > boo-hoo! it doesn't work!)
> > rlc
> > (am I as mean as cgf yet?)
> Hmm, an aspiring soul, eh? Well, you'd probably qualify as an apprentice.
> Besides, cgf has mellowed out recently... :-D
Yeah, I noticed. Do you think it's a lack of coffee, beer, ... ?
I'm getting worried!
;)
rlc
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