if VAR contains
ls ; rm -rf /
then eval $VAR would run
ls
rm -rf /
whereas eval ${VAR} would run
"ls ; rm -rf /"
and would return
ls ; rm -rf /: Command not found.
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 10:01, Nick Rout wrote:
> what is the difference between $VAR and ${VAR} apart from a whole lot of
> tricky keystrokes??
> --
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
