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From: James A. Robinson Jim.Robinson@Sta...
Subject: [9fans] minor glitch with free carets
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:40:06 -0700

> i just got bitten by this...
> 
> % echo a'b'
> ab
> % echo fn
> fn
> % echo fn'b'
> fn b
> % 

Interesting -- it works under the unix rc:

    #aubrey:$h
    ;  echo a'b'
    ab
    #aubrey:$h
    ; echo fn'b'
    fnb
    #aubrey:$h
    ;