[PLUG] 'date' output cli/bash inconsistency

Steven Raymond stever at woo-hoo.com
Sat Aug 2 19:49:02 UTC 2003


> Echo strips out extra spaces, enclose the variable in quotes
>
> echo "$TODAY"
>
> --
> Kyle Accardi


You're right!  Thank you.  So I checked "man echo" and "info echo" and
neither mentioned this fact.  Is there some oft-found reason that would
make it obvious that the quotes are needed?

Thanks again






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