Single Quotes: :sout in Windows and Linux

[JanDavid]

Single Quotes: :sout in Linux and Windows.

Today I have found: for

Code: Select all

:sout=#...{}:..{}

Under Linux, single quote before the # and at the end must be given, otherwise it will not work.

Under Windows, single quote before the # and at the end must not be given, otherwise it will not work.

Seems to be due to differences between the Linux shell (for example bash) and the Windows shell.

[arielCo]

Indeed, the Windows (cmd) and Bash shells are radically different.

In most Unix shells, the # character outside of a quoted string makes the rest of the line a "comment", so everything after it is ignored, and the {} are also special. That's why you must enclose it in quotes, which will be stripped before passing to the program (VLC in this case).

Try these:

Code: Select all

echo a#b echo 'a#b'

You may look into http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/; don't mind the "Advanced" bit - it has a friendly Basics section.

In the standard Windows command processor the # sign means nothing, and quotes (among other things) are kept in the argument given to the program, so you type the sout: specification plainly.