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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2009-10-07 22:21:53 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2009-10-07 22:21:53 +0000
commitf2ab3f74a4c388f86d2fc08af9562e5c6ad71a89 (patch)
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Clarify quoting of word in ${v=word} in sh(1).
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diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index 2739dcc..937fda7 100644
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1
@@ -1227,6 +1227,9 @@ In all cases, the
final value of
.Ar parameter
is substituted.
+Quoting inside
+.Ar word
+does not prevent field splitting or pathname expansion.
Only variables, not positional
parameters or special parameters, can be
assigned in this way.
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