Re: [DISCUSSION] The meaning of :cmdline header argument across babel backends

[Max Nikulin]

On 21/05/2024 01:01, Matt wrote:
> I'm okay with these.  I can start on a patch for :script-args and
> :program-args within ob-shell.

Frankly speaking your plan is not clear for me. My special concern is 
DWIM behavior
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(Ihor Radchenko Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:33:59 +0000)
and

     #+begin_src sh :script-args 1 ; touch /tmp/not-an-arg

if you are going to pass it literally to "sh -c" then it is 
:script-cmdline rather than :script-args.

I expect a way to explicitly specify if it is a single argument or 
multiple ones

    #+begin_src sh :script-args '("a b c")

vs.

    #+begin_src sh :script-args '("a" "b" "c")

preferably passed as separate arguments of process-files or at least 
properly escaped.

As to literal command line, taking into account stripped outer quotes 
issue, I do not like requirement to quote characters for shells. Even 
splitting string into arguments using `read' might be better, but there 
are still enough issues.

Besides interpreters, there is may be a stack of "launchers" like 
toolbox in the case of applications installed as isolated flatpak/snap 
packages:

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12:59:59 +0200.
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