On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Rafael Fontenelle <rffontenelle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2015-09-24 14:34 GMT-03:00 Jens Adam <jra@xxxxxxx>: > > > Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:15:22 -0300 > > Rafael Fontenelle <rffontenelle@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > I believe it is missing a ' in the end of the string, after letter g. > > > > Ack, simple copy+paste fail. > > > > --byte > > > > I can't blame much on the end-user, as the question in the Register form > has a tricky " next to ' ... See below: > > What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"? > > > Rafael > Maybe *that's* the anti-spam measure :p Maybe it's a tricky " but anyone should be able to tell simply by looking at it that that is an unbalanced quote. Both from the command string and from the result -- showing the ">" (PS2) is an obvious sign of a badly typed command. Or the OP could have searched and found the following stackechange answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/172570/why-does-bash-display-instead-of-executing-my-command CTRL+D would complete the command (rather than killing it offhand) -- and warn the user: bash: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `'' Which also should be more than clear enough. All good signs to take a closer look at the question. -- Eli Schwartz
