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Thanks, Dennis! I added to the original post a new question about how to combine expressions in if cluase.

Tim
– Tim

2010-01-31 16:45:41 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2010 at 16:45
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"some people like..." : this one is more portable across versions and shells.

carlosayam
– carlosayam

2011-10-17 05:44:32 +00:00
Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 5:44
With case statements you can leave away the quotes around the variable since no word splitting occurs. I know it's pointless and inconsistent but I do like to leave away the quotes there to make it locally more visually appealing.

Jo So
– Jo So

2014-11-06 15:12:35 +00:00
Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 15:12
And in my case, I had to leave away the quotes before ): "/*") did not work, /*) did. (I'm looking for strings starting with /, i.e., absolute paths)

Josiah Yoder
– Josiah Yoder

2017-02-18 20:43:16 +00:00
Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 20:43

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