On 27Jul2006 22:26, justo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > The backslash is used to escape certain characters, and a space is one | > of those characters.
in fact, backslash is a single character quote. So \x is like 'x'. [...] | that was interesting. i am gonna' have to try that. but also, wouldn't | using <%20> in place of the <space> work too? No. %xx is an HTTP URL escaping notation, and not used in the shell. A percent is just a percent. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ A good newspaper is never good enough, but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever. - Garrison Keillor To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
