From e017a95154c5cceff585b2d765e2a225decacf9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Sampson Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:24:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify single-quote comment is for Unix --- docs/reference/cli.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/cli.rst b/docs/reference/cli.rst index 830002c36..6bac72fee 100644 --- a/docs/reference/cli.rst +++ b/docs/reference/cli.rst @@ -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 `. 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