Hello jdow, On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:41:52 -0800 "jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "Synister Syntax" <synistersyntaxlist@xxxxxxxxx> > > > echo "Hello World! " > > > > also works... > > > > Just don't have !" on top of each other like that. An extra > > spcae should't get in the way? > > Hope this adds to your research. > > Of coure, "!" is an annoyance. "&" can kill a machine. > echo this will destroy your machine & rm -rf / > is not quite the same thing as > echo "This won't destroy your machine & rm -rf /" > > ALWAYS be careful about quoting when using special characters. [snip] The point would be for a (new) user to know that ! is a special one :-), that's not trivial. Regards, -- wwp
