USB stick for msdosfs

Per Hedeland per at hedeland.org
Tue Aug 13 11:31:05 UTC 2019


On 2019-08-12 15:33, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:41:01 +1000, MJ wrote:
>> What? So you propose typing 4 characters rather than three? Heathen.
>>
>> In unix systems, brevity is the king.
>>
>> :-)
> 
> Depends on your language and keyboard layout. On a german
> keyboard, for a \, you need Alt Gr + ß?\, but ' is more
> convenient: Shift + #'. Keep your fingers healthy. ;-)

On the other hand, in [t]csh (FreeBSD standard, right?:-) ' does *not*
quote !, i.e. you *have* to use \:

pluto 1> echo '!11'
11: Event not found.
pluto 2> echo \!11
!11

So I guess using \ could at least be considered "safer" or "more
portable"...

--Per Hedeland


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