problem with echoing script variable to gpg

While this shell command echo -n "net.berrysoft.dib.Game" | gpg --print-md sha1 gives me the correct response, when I try to do this in a script using ${1}: digest = $( echo -n ${1} | gpg --print-md sha1 ) echo digest I do not get the same value I have no clue why. Help. Patrick -- Vi

Re: problem with echoing script variable to gpg

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to pwaugh on 12/18/2008 1:49 AM: > digest = $( echo -n ${1} | gpg --print-md sha1 ) > echo digest > > I do not get the same value I have no clue why. Help. Too much whitespace, and a misunderstanding about how shell variables work. Y

Re: problem with echoing script variable to gpg

Thanks. Amazingly, I got it figured out shortly after, and works like a charm now. Patrick On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to pwaugh on 12/18/2008 1:49 AM: >> digest = $( echo -n ${1} | gpg --print-md sha1 ) >> e