As bash told you, it was waiting for you to close the quote. You have just proven that whoever said that there are no dumb questions was wrong. Then again, unless a question has a mind of its own, it can't possess intelligence.
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:32:28 -0400, Eric Dunbar wrote: > As per the subject, what is happening when I type a single quote > followed by enter? I typed a few things, started playing with > control-letter combos and typed control-d to get the unexpected EOF > error. > > I get the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] logs]# ' >> >> >> hello >> asdlfkj >> >> >> >> -bash: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `'' > -bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file > > Curiosity killed the cat. > > Eric. > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
