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From: dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:06:35 +0100
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Subject: Re: [9fans] rc script question
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On Wednesday 27 of February 2013 15:41:58 Steve Simon wrote:
> This i did not expect
> =09echo a b c | rc -c 'echo @ $(2-) @'
> =09@ @


rc -c 'shift; echo @ $* @' `{echo a b c}

surprisingly, * can be assigned to.

echo a b c | rc -c '*=3D`{read}; shift; echo @ $* @'
echo a b c | rc -c '*=3D`{read}; echo @ $*(2-) @'

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dexen deVries

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