[colug-432] Question about grep and using " " in bash

Rob Funk rfunk at funknet.net
Wed Apr 15 12:03:49 EDT 2015


Rob Funk wrote:
> Then there's the question of which quotes. With double-quotes, the
> shell will still try to interpret dollar-signs. You're safest using
> double-quotes.

Argh, my brain is fried this morning. That last bit should be:
  You're safest using *single*-quotes.

Sorry about that.


(And actually even with single-quotes there could be issues with
exclamation points and apostrophes and backslashes, but they're still
the safest option.)


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