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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoAs a unix shell script: (cat ‘cat’) in (cat ‘cat’ ‘cat’) Which should evaluate to true, because ‘cat’ can be found in ‘catcat’.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 months agobash: syntax error near unexpected token `in’
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 months agoA gold star for you! Now find a language where “cat cat in cat cat cat” is legal.
minus-squarePoolloverNathan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agocat cat in cat cat cat is legal Bash if cat and in exist, "cat cat" in "cat cat cat" is Python.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·4 months agoMy point is that it’s not a shell script.
As a unix shell script:
(cat ‘cat’) in (cat ‘cat’ ‘cat’)Which should evaluate to true, because ‘cat’ can be found in ‘catcat’.
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `in’
A gold star for you! Now find a language where “cat cat in cat cat cat” is legal.
cat cat in cat cat catis legal Bash ifcatandinexist,"cat cat" in "cat cat cat"is Python.My point is that it’s not a shell script.
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