Re: [dev] Shell style guide

From: Greg Reagle <greg.reagle_AT_umbc.edu>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:26:16 -0400

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Greg Reagle wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Kamil Cholewiński wrote:
> > Wow, shell quoting is just fucked up crazy. I was mostly using unquoted
> > $_AT_ my whole life. And here I thought I knew enough not to screw up a
> > simple script,
>
> It is common knowledge to always double-quote $_AT_, i.e. "$@", in
> Bourne/Posix shell.

At the same time, it is something that everyone has to learn at some
point. We are not born knowing this. There was a time before I knew it
too. So I don't mean to be critical of you personally.
Received on Thu Sep 08 2016 - 16:26:16 CEST