My experience is similar - I usually try to write out a shell script - hopefully reusable. ... Within basic code, I would preference equates over variables for quotes & other immutable delimiters. Not only more readable (like a variable) but also more protection against fatfingeritus!
equ SQ to "'", DQ to '"', SL to '/', BS to '\', EOL to SQ:BS:'n':SQ -----Original Message----- - Use variables for delimiters rather than embedded escapes. It's more readable. - There's no shame in writing to the OS and then executing. In fact it can be very valuable to capture output and errors when you execute _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users