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Re: mdate-sh
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: mdate-sh |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:11:06 -0800 (PST) |
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 02:22:35 +0100
> From: Andreas Buening <address@hidden>
>
> What do you think about the following?
Have you tested it on GNU/Linux?
> +# Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
> +set - x`$ls_command $1`
$1 should be quoted here, e.g., "$1". Admittedly this bug is in the
original.
> +# Remove all preceeding arguments
> +$command
I don't think this will work. Perhaps you meant
eval "$command"
instead? Also, "preceding" is misspelled.