[ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks

[Stephen O'Neill]

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On 20/04/09 09:27, Sean Miller wrote:
> pipe is | not \
> 
> \ is the way you make a character literal.  In other words you remove
> it from the parsing and have it interpreted as the character it is.
> 
> Like "I'm going slightly \"mad\""... ;-)


And \ at the end of a line means that the next line will be interpreted
as though it had been on the same line. E.g.

./someCommand \
"params to pass to someCommand"

This is often seen in guides on the Internet where the content might get
wrapped on the screen and the author wants to make sure it will run fine
when you copy and paste it.

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