help with a command outcome????

rfourn · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-07, 21:37

im trying to find the outcome of the following command:

$ echo line one> line 2 (where $ is the prompt and the > is printed by the shell)

i have no clue what this means???

Tyveleyn · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-07, 04:50

Hi,

To limit the number of arguments of the echo command you have to quote them otherwise all words/symbols of the line following echo will be regarded as arguments for it. So to get what you want you need to write:

Code:

$ echo "line one" > "line 2"

In this case the filename "line 2" is also quoted because with '> line 2' the shell will put echo's output in 'line' and has no clue to what '2' is.

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