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ma2rten on Sept 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: You can't google 9999999..99999999999999999999999

yup, "11..22" still finds all numbers from 11 to 22.

shithead on Sept 1, 2011 | [–]

But '11..22' yields 11,22 11:22 11/22 etc.

Seems the Unix Bourne shell is seeping in - single quotes are for real, double quotes allow param substitution ...

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