On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 06:27:31 -0500 (EST), dman(_at_)nomotek(_dot_)com wrote:
=> "Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol(_at_)isolution(_dot_)nl> wrote:
=> > Doesn't that include whitespace in the regexp?
=> No. Line continuation markers allow for such formatting without
=> reading the whitespace into the buffer.
<snip>
=> Leading whitespace on continued regular expression condi
=> tion lines is usually ignored (so that they can be
=> indented), but not on continued condition lines that are
=> evaluated according to the sh(1) substitution rules inside
=> double quotes.
IOW, ... ignored in simple variable definitions and
simple conditionals but *not* when using "* $ $VARIABLE" type
shell subtitutions in conditional lines? Yes?
That brings to mind another question, should I be
concerned about "excessive" use of $VARIABLES with the system
demand of the resulting shell expansions? I use $VARIABLES (and
therefore need to expand them) in the vast majority of my many
conditionals.
TIA,
- Don
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