Drew DeVault • 7/31/2023

The rc shell and its excellent handling of whitespace

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This article is a technical response to criticisms of POSIX shell whitespace handling, showcasing the rc shell's design. It explains how rc uses lists of strings as a primitive to elegantly solve filename and argument parsing issues that plague bash, with code examples demonstrating its simplicity and effectiveness.

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