On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 05:58:28PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > Michael Marsh wrote: > > If I understand the behavior you want correctly, then > > DIRS="'/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings /cygdrive/d/My\ Data'" > > works for me. > > > > This also works for constructions like > > DIRS="'$dir1 $dir2'" > > Okay, but this doesn't work: > > $> ls -nl file* > -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 2005-12-03 16:56 file 1 > -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 2005-12-03 16:56 file 2 > > $> DIRS="'file\ 1 file\ 2'"; ls -ln $DIRS > ls: 'file\: No such file or directory > ls: 1: No such file or directory > ls: file\: No such file or directory > ls: 2': No such file or directory > > $> DIRS="'file\ 1 file\ 2'"; ls -ln "$DIRS" > ls: 'file\ 1 file\ 2': No such file or directory
in this case you probably want $ DIRS='file\ 1 file\ 2'; eval ls -ln $DIRS Almut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
