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May 3, 2024 at 7:58 comment added Paul_Pedant @foo The shell just gets the entire line (after the 6 reserved fields), so the command looks like one very long command name with spaces in, and no args.
May 3, 2024 at 1:41 history edited steeldriver CC BY-SA 4.0
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May 3, 2024 at 1:40 comment added steeldriver @fooquency yes sorry I realize "are not needed" was ambiguous
May 3, 2024 at 1:32 vote accept fooquency
May 3, 2024 at 1:32 comment added fooquency Thanks - this has worked. Most grateful; have accepted this answer. PS Seems the removal of the outer double quotes is required for this to work.
May 3, 2024 at 1:31 comment added steeldriver Certainly on Ubuntu - it's one of the GNU coreutils
May 3, 2024 at 1:28 comment added fooquency Thanks. Is seq likely to be present safely in a default minimal installation?
May 3, 2024 at 1:22 history answered steeldriver CC BY-SA 4.0