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		bshimmin on June 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SSH quoting People used to use shell variables like this a lot in (to name one place) alt.sysadmin.recovery, such that the FAQ even mentions it: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sysadmin-recovery/ (section 1.3)... meaning people have done this for decades.

soheil on June 13, 2021 [–]

> $USEE $OF $SHELL $VARIABLES,

That's obviously being done ironically and not at all similar to the commenter above's use of $OLDJOB.

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