documented double quoting

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Todd C. Miller
1996-04-06 21:29:46 +00:00
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@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ will be used.
path ::= a fully qualified pathname.
arg[1..n] ::= optional command line arguments.
Note that arguments in double quotes (") are treated as
a single argument, whis is similar to most shells.
Ie, given C<sh -c "cd /src; ls">, the C<"cd /src; ls">
is treated as a single argument, just as it would be
in a shell. If you don't want double quotes to be
interpreted this way, you can escape them with a
backslash (\).
=head2 wildcards (aka meta characters):
B<sudo> allows shell-style I<wildcards> along with command arguments