On July 30, 2015, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > I guess I'd need to see an example of how these characters trip > someone up in a file name using a BASH script while they are > handled differently in the DOS batch processor. One of the biggest offenders I find is the exclamation point. For example, try the following: echo "Hello!" echo "Hello!!" (note that the second one has two exclamation points). The result replaces the "!!" with the previous command, so you end up with output of Helloecho Hello! Even more confoundingly, make it an interrobang: echo "Hello!? I love this" and it will hang waiting for a closing quote (even though you already put one in) because the "!?" syntax attempts to replace the stuff after the exclamation point with the most recent item in your command-history that contained " I love this". You can also have problems if you have a "$" in your text: echo "It cost me $5" which attempts to replace the "$5" with the (non-existent) 5th argument to a function/script, so it outputs merely "It cost me " Each of them involves consistent and understandable behavior, you just have to know what to expect. -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list