Re: gdb hijacks my argument list

[Leslie <jlturriff@centurytel.net>]

John B. Matthews wrote:

> In article <hhvlc7$nc8$1@news.albasani.net>,
>  Leslie <jlturriff@centurytel.net> wrote:
> 
>> Niklas Holsti wrote:
>> 
>> > gdb --args testtoken ' (name testtoken endchar \) <
>> > > testtoken.adb | (trace) count lines|cons '
>> 
>> I get exactly the same result as before:
> 
> This older version of gdb lacks the --args feature, but `set
> args` and `show args` seem to work. Some of the tokens in your
> arg string appear to be shell operators and commands. You may
> have to evaluate the string in a shell and feed the result to
> args.
> 
        The single quotes should deactivate the "specialness" of those
operators.  In any case, the entire string is being rejected,
not just parts of it, and no substitutions are made by shell.
        However, I must say 'thank you very much,' because 'set args'
does the trick.

        Thank you very much.

Leslie