Re: Feature request for cut and/or sort

[Matthew Woehlke]

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke writes:
>
> > The Wanderer wrote:
> > > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > > The problem is the same as always, filenames with embedded newlines in
> > > > them.
> > > I've never seen a filename with an embedded newline, and AFAICT standard
> > > command-line tools cannot produce such.
> > Oh? ;-)
> > echo 'bar' > "`echo -e 'foo\nbar'`"
>
> What a waste of resources.
>
> $ touch 'foo
> bar'

Now, wait... given that 'echo' is most likely a shell built-in, don't 
both result in the same number of forks? :-D

--
Matthew
Sending this e-mail does not constitute endorsement of the contents; I 
may change my mind later.