Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 17:55:13 +0100 From: Domagoj =?UTF-8?Q?Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87?= <rank1seeker@gmail.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: [t]csh => Pass var containing multiline string to an alias Message-ID: <20200206175513.00006006@gmail.com>
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Yo Crew ..., so ...
I want to pass variable containing multiline string to an alias, so it woul=
d also be multiline string.
Var first:
--
set t_var=3D'a\
b'
--
Expands to:
--
a
b
--
So far so good, now alias:
Double quotes are mandatory, else all ends up at 1 line
--
alias t_name "aa $t_var bb"
--
Error:
Unmatched '"'.
Manual replacement:
--
alias t_name "aa a\
b bb"
--
Results in:
# alias t_name
aa a
b bb
Exactly what I want ...
Going back to var in order to make it, to be expanded with additional \
--
set t_var=3D'a\\
b'
--
Expands to:
--
a\
b
--
And that is exactly a string which I've manually replaced above.
After # source /.cshrc
Unmatched '"'.
What is going on?
I've tried adding many \'s and playing wit all types of quotes in all kind =
of combinations just to find out I've lost 4 hours on something like THIS!
Am I completely missing something totally obvious?!?
PS: version tcsh 6.20.00 (Astron) 2016-11-24 (i386-intel-FreeBSD) options w=
ide,nls,dl,al,kan,sm,rh,color,filec
Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87
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