On 02/10/2019, at 23:27, @lbutlr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > $(cd so,e/directory; ls -ls $(grep -l "foo bar")) > > The second version is much more readable and obvious as to what is going on, > and the backpacks quickly get out of hand as you spawn more sub shells.
Hey Lewis, Yes, I agree. I rarely ever use backticks in Bash, although I've been known to do so in Perl. >> bbedit -s 'What file is required?' > > Yes? Works exactly as I expect and as the man page says; what are you > expecting to happen with that command? > > -s, --worksheet > Create a new shell worksheet file with the specified name, unless > such a file exists already, in which case it will be opened. On 02/10/2019, at 08:48, @lbutlr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > When the BBEdit man page says "the specified files" for a flag, it means that > a file is required. (FSVO of the word file) bbedit -s 'What file is required?' If the file does not exist then the worksheet is created as named, but no file is written to disk. However Cmd-S will save it to the working directory. -- Best Regards, Chris -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
