
Aug. 19, 2016
12:21 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:26:26PM -0400, Random832 wrote:
There's a precedent. "$()" works this way in bash - call it a recursive parser context or whatever you like, but the point is that "$(command "argument with spaces")" works fine, and humans don't seem to have any trouble with it.
This is the first time I've ever seen anyone claim that humans don't have any trouble with bash escaping and evaluation rules. -- Steve