From: Francisco J Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] rc strings
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:46:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ccc8ba41003110346p5d341e5as27238a3357e8e62e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <138575261003110343m60b38ae1rdc053a48408d0219@mail.gmail.com>
cant you just use $"n ?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM, hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,
>
> --
> Hugo
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-11 11:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-11 11:43 hugo rivera
2010-03-11 11:46 ` Francisco J Ballesteros [this message]
2010-03-11 11:52 ` hugo rivera
2010-03-11 11:53 ` roger peppe
2010-03-11 12:00 ` hugo rivera
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