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[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Command line escaping is an annoying son of a bitch and different rules apply depending if you're using bash, cmd, powershell.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

That's why you shouldn't use cmd or powershell. That and the fact that you'd have to install W*nd*ws in order to use them.

Edit: Too bad that all the downvoters didn't leave a comment. Now I'll never know if it was M*cr*s*ft employees on their anual works outing, or if you're mad because I dared to use the W-word :D

[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

String escaping sucks in bash and other posix-style shells too, though.

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