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Debian Ref-Manual, Potential Update

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rayj
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Debian Ref-Manual, Potential Update

#1 Post by rayj »

I am not sure what to do with this, it seems like an error.

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... d_commands

The content is:
9.2.7. Colorized commands
Colorized commands are handy for inspecting their output in the interactive environment. I include the following in my "~/.bashrc".

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if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then
    eval "`dircolors -b`"
When I applied this to my .bashrc, an error was flagged - no such command.

I replaced it with

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eval "$(dircolors -b)"
and it now works.

It did not seem appropriate to report it as a bug and I did not find anywhere to address such in the 'manual' section.

Any suggestions?

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debiman
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Re: Debian Ref-Manual, Potential Update

#2 Post by debiman »

there seems to be a lot of outdated stuff in the debian manual.
if you want to change it, great!
i guess you're going to have to do most of the work yourself; create accounts in appropriate places, file bug reports (against the manual that is, not against bash), idk.
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Re: Debian Ref-Manual, Potential Update

#3 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Although the use of backticks is discouraged, bash will still accept them — are you sure that you typed it in correctly?
deadbang

rayj
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Re: Debian Ref-Manual, Potential Update

#4 Post by rayj »

It looks like a back tick.

Thank you

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