[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > For example, "vi `grep -l *.c`" is fine so long as there are no spaces > in the *.c filenames. But if there are, then the split on space > that command subsitution does messes everything up. > > Given that "grep -l" outputs newline-delimited result then surely there > should it should be possibly to have the spaces on each line escaped > and only the newlines converted to spaces.
Word splitting is controlled by IFS. Use IFS=$'\n' to only split on newlines. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
