docs: clarify single-quote comment is for Unix

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Adrian Sampson 2012-04-19 10:24:30 -07:00
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@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ be useful for piping into other Unix commands (such as `xargs`_). Similarly, the
``-f`` option lets you specify a specific format with which to print every album
or track. This uses the same template syntax as beets' :doc:`path formats
<pathformat>`. For example, the command ``beet ls -af '$album: $tracktotal'
beatles`` prints out the number of tracks on each Beatles album. Remember to
enclose the template argument in single quotes to avoid shell expansion.
beatles`` prints out the number of tracks on each Beatles album. In Unix shells,
remember to enclose the template argument in single quotes to avoid environment
variable expansion.
.. _xargs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xargs