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From: hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: [9fans] rc strings
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Hi,

% n=`{echo 'a           b'}

sets n to a list containing two elements, 'a' and 'b'. How can I set n
to a single string 'a           b'? note that I must execute external
commands, so the obvious solution

% n='a           b'

doesn't work for me.
Saludos,

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Hugo