rc using backquote to parse strings, e.g:
hugo% s=`{echo a b c}
hugo% echo $#s $s(1)
3 a
This is fine
hugo% s=`{echo 'a b' c}
hugo% echo $#s $s(1)
3 a
This is also fine, a b and c are just two fields when they
enter echo but they leave the appear to be 3 seperate words.
hugo% s=`{echo '''a b''' c}
hugo% echo $#s $s(1)
3 'a
This is disappointing, I was hoping that I would get
2 args and the first would be 'a b' (quotes here for
clarity, I was hoping there would be none in the assinged
variable $s
Is this what one would expect or is the text parsing
by `{ .. } different to rc's normal one - dare I say broken.
Is there a way round this?
Thanks,
-Steve
