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[ale] Partial interpretation in a bash script
- Subject: [ale] Partial interpretation in a bash script
- From: dcorbin at machturtle.com (David Corbin)
- Date: Sun Oct 26 17:05:57 2003
I use a script to launch my browser. I pass all the arguments to the script
on to the actual browser, using $*. Naturally, some arguments (URLs) contain
special symbols (like &) that the shell wants to interpret, but I don't want
them interpreted. Specifying the $* in double-quotes ("$*") doesn't prevent
intpretation. Using single-quotes should prevent the expansion of $* (though
I haven't tested it.
What's the correct solution to this?
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David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>