-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chet Ramey wrote: > Not true, in general. Posix specifies the characters the backslash > can escape in double-quoted strings. You happened to choose three of > the five. > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02 > _02_01 > > The backslash shall retain its special meaning as an escape character > (see Escape Character (Backslash)) only when followed by one of the > following characters when considered special: > > $ ` " \ <newline>
I think I see. So the backslash isn't counting as an escape character here, and so passes through without being removed, but does inhibit history expansion anyhow? Thanks a lot! I still think the behavior is confusing, but at least I know why it happens. Ethan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHEtfChRlgoLPrRPwRAkonAKCsGDABs+TXOya432vkIc5z4ApEXgCg2fH9 vwlDCQgES6KEJ7jxdLHetYM= =3FLD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
