It's annoying when you copypaste it especially when it automatically inserts a newline and runs the command. Am I wrong? Do they serve some other purpose? I see this on so many repos.
Sorry I am too dumb to program C++ so all I contribute to is README files and documentation.
every contribution is useful, especially in docs :)
FYI: This notation originates from the notation of regular users ($
) and root (#
) in the terminal. Example:
user@hostname:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] ....
root@hostname:~#
It's a typical notation used in linux documentation, it can be quite annoying when selecting text.
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It's a typical notation used in linux documentation, it can be quite annoying when selecting text.