[CentOS] command line with < > and not wanting to redirect

Matthew Martz mdmartz at gflug.net
Mon Dec 18 20:07:03 UTC 2006


> On 12/18/06, Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org> wrote:
>> Quoting Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>:
>>
>> > How do you format a command line that needs < >
>> > and they are not meant to redirect anything they are part of an
>> > email address.
>> >
>> > command -f "Some Email <someemail at somedomain.com>" -x -y -z
>> >
>> > I tried putting a backslach in front of the < and > but that didnt do
>> > it either.
>>
>> That's strange.  Your example (with double or single quotes) should
>> work.  It surelly works for me:
>>

Perhaps it is not the command syntax but the syntax of the email address. 
Normally an email address with From Name and Address should be:

"My Name" <myemail at domain.com>

and not

My Name <myemail at domain.com>

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Matthew Martz
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