CodingGuidelines: give an example for redirection

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2014-04-30 14:24:24 -07:00
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@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
redirection target in a variable (as shown above), our code does so
because some versions of bash issue a warning without the quotes.
(incorrect)
cat hello > world < universe
echo hello >$world
(correct)
cat hello >world <universe
echo hello >"$world"
- We prefer $( ... ) for command substitution; unlike ``, it
properly nests. It should have been the way Bourne spelled
it from day one, but unfortunately isn't.