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Re: triviality regarding $# counts

On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 10:42 AM Mark J. Reed <markjreed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 1:22 PM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hard spaces will be inside ticks or $'' .
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> .. or double-quotes; don't forget about them.

However, "typeset -p" never outputs double-quotes for this purpose.

> But it's easier to just use ANSI quotes:
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> x=$'That\'s all, folks!'

Which typeset will output "the old way"

'That'\''s all, folks!'
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