On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 01:22:00AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am writing some shell scripts, but I run into some problems. > I have a dir name which has space in it. I know this is bad but I can't > avoid it. I am forced to deal with this situation. How do I set a > variable that contain the dir name which has space in it. I tried > several ways: > > $PDB=~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb > $PDB="~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb" > $PDB='~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb' > > ls $PDB > > give me error. is there a way or no way?
When setting a variable in a shell script you set it without the "$" like - PDB='~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb' and then call it with $PDB. $ echo $PDB hth, kent -- "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." --Pablo Picasso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
