[PLUG] Re: Resolved: [PLUG] More Scripting Fun!

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "dh" == dh  <dh at mda.huntbros.net> writes:

dh> Your're right. It is because metacharacters are parsed before variable
dh> expansion. Eval is a valid way to handle this, but only if you are quite
dh> certain of the possible values of your variables. Eval on a var containing
dh> "`rm -rf /`" could be devasting. Man bash and search for terms like
dh> metacharacters, operators, pipelines, expansion, and eval.

And my updates would protect Jason from that.

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