From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:31:53 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] Bourne shell and comments In-Reply-To: References: <20170418204834.GA22198@minnie.tuhs.org> <020a01d2b885$94bd49c0$be37dd40$@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: On 04/18/2017 06:50 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > What's cool about ':' vs. '#' is: ... > Stick that in your .env and you get a snarf-and-barf'able shell > prompt that evals as a noop. Blatantly ripped off from plan9port > IIRC. I run this across all manner of *BSD and Solaris and Linux and > it just works. I think you're effectively doing the same thing that I'm doing by having my prompt start with '#', thus turning copy & paste ""errors into pasting comments. Just a difference of a '#' comment character and a ':' label. I see little difference between ':' and '#' in this case. Please help me understand if I'm wrong. -- Grant. . . . unix || die -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3717 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: