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Re: Commands executed with $($prog) do not run properly


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: Commands executed with $($prog) do not run properly
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:13:38 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux)

Hans-Georg Bork <hgb@hgbhome.net> writes:

> if this is true, then please explain the differences between
>       $ find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"
> (/test not shown)
> and
>       $ prog='find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"'
>       $ echo $prog
>       find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"
>       $ echo "$($prog)"
> (/test shown)
> (more results in original mail)

Do "set -x" and note the executed commands.

Andreas.

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