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Old 08-21-2012, 10:28 AM   #1
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Question Does export need quotes?


When I save config file of say zsh, which is more correct?
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export EDITOR=nano
or
Code:
export EDITOR="nano"
 
Old 08-21-2012, 10:43 AM   #2
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You only need quotes if there are spaces or other bad characters in the argument.
 
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