-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/28/2006 9:42 PM: > f1="/a/b/a-000" > f2="/a/b/c d-000" > touch "a-000.ext" > touch "c d-000.ext" > > for file in "$(basename \"$f1\")"*.ext "$(basename \"$f2\")"*.ext > do > echo "one=$file" > done > > for file in "`basename \"$f1\"`"*.ext "`basename \"$f2\"`"*.ext > do > echo "two=$file" > done > ----------- > > The backticks work perfectly. > But the $() gets it very wrong and leaves a double-quote in the result.
That's because `` and $() have different syntax, as required by POSIX. You should just do $(basename "$f1"), rather than $(basename \"$f1\"). - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFRChM84KuGfSFAYARAgo0AKC1UI0OZPXEqpm3sOk255oaSqr5VACggpaY vyvKHOXSYcNX5BZQFjdXOVI= =7InC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
