@barbara@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 months agowhy does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?message-square41fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squarewhy does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?@barbara@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoThat will work in either zsh or bash, yes. It’s a good habit to use quotes, but I am pointing out that quoting and expansion behavior is not the same across all shells.
minus-square@bizdelnick@lemmy.mllinkfedilink6•2 months agoIt’s the same across all POSIX compliant shells. zsh is not POSIX compliant.
That will work in either zsh or bash, yes. It’s a good habit to use quotes, but I am pointing out that quoting and expansion behavior is not the same across all shells.
It’s the same across all POSIX compliant shells.
zshis not POSIX compliant.