Am Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:30:21 +0200
schrieb Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]>:

> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 12:01:14AM +0200, Florian Viehweger wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this is a diff mentioning double quotes for using passphrases
> > containing whitespaces.
> > 
> > Additionally adding a comma to a sentence for better clarity.
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> Others already mentioned this is not a good idea.
> 
> I like to add that the suggestion of double quotes is not quite right
> for all cases, as it allows various expansion, e.g. of vars.  "$HOME"
> still would be not literal. Single quotes is better, as only the
> single quote itself is special in this context.  See ksh(1).

While I still think new users could benefit from a hint at this section
of the documentation, I see the point and won't argue further.

Sorry for the noise.


-- 
greetings,

Florian Viehweger

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