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  Q 4.0 can’t have space in command line argument

  Posted by codh on April 1, 2022 at 12:00 am

  opt/sp/qlib/4.0.0u.x86_64/q -args '12 34'
  KDB+ 4.0 2021.04.26 Copyright (C) 1993-2021 Kx Systems
  l64/ 28()core   NONEXPIRE licensed - unsupported

  q).z.x
  “-args”
  “12”
  “34”
  q).Q.opt .z.x
  args| “12” “34”

  This is a behavior change from 3.6, and it seemed to be a bug. There is no easy way to pass command line argument with spaces to Q any more.

  codh replied 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  eohara

  Member

  April 1, 2022 at 12:00 am

  My earlier version of 4.0 handles it differently

   

  ubuntu@LPTP630:~$ q -args '12 34'
  KDB+ 4.0 2020.05.04 Copyright (C) 1993-2020 Kx Systems
  l64/ 8()core 12649MB ubuntu lptp630 127.0.1.1 EXPIRE 2022.09.16 #########@#####.com KXCE #____
  
  q).z.x
  "-args"
  "12 34"
  
  q).Q.opt .z.x
  args| "12 34"

• 

  codh

  Member

  April 1, 2022 at 12:00 am

  Thank you!

• 

  Laura

  Administrator

  April 5, 2022 at 12:00 am

  As does my later version.

  ? q4.0 -args '12 34' KDB+ 4.0 2021.11.04 Copyright (C) 1993-2021 Kx Systems m64/ 12()core 65536MB sjt mackenzie.local 127.0.0.1 ... 
  q).z.x "-args" "12 34"

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