On Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:28:28 AM Geoff Kaniuk wrote: > On 24/05/18 13:03, [email protected] wrote: > > I'm sorry, I'm drawing a blank (and google [linux bash %d] and man bash > > aren't helping) (probably a senior moment / minute / ??). What do %d > > and %f mean? > > %d and %f are Geany specific symbols. They are well described in the > geany manual: > https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html > > > (And, for extra credit, is a space ever valid in a shebang?) > > There is quite a nice article in Wikipedia on shebang - it defines the > syntax of the shebang line. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) > > I can appreciate your situation as you have just switched from Windows > to Linux - I have done exactly that some years back. In my opinion one > really does eventually have to get to grips with the command-line > features.
Thanks for the sympathetic reply, but I hate to admit that I actually started switching to Linux back in 2000. I gradually weaned myself off most Windows stuff over the next 1 to 3 years. So, it was truly a senior moment or similar. regards, Randy Kramer > The best sources for me are the gnu manuals obtained from > https://www.gnu.org/. In particular, the bash and coreutils manuals are > indispensable. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
