* [9fans] name=`{cat foo}
@ 2007-05-27 1:49 arisawa
2007-05-27 2:23 ` Kris Maglione
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From: arisawa @ 2007-05-27 1:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Hello.
I have a problem that I feel difficult to solve.
Assume a filename is in a file "foo"
Then rc script
name=`{cat foo}
will mostly succeed in copying the filename to "name" but for some
exceptions.
For example:
echo 'abc def' >foo
name=`{cat foo}
whatis name
The output result is:
name=(abc def)
I want to have a shell variable such as:
name='abc def'
How to do?
Kenji Arisawa
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* Re: [9fans] name=`{cat foo}
2007-05-27 1:49 [9fans] name=`{cat foo} arisawa
@ 2007-05-27 2:23 ` Kris Maglione
2007-05-27 3:04 ` arisawa
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kris Maglione @ 2007-05-27 2:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:49:52AM +0900, arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp wrote:
> I want to have a shell variable such as:
> name='abc def'
>
> How to do?
You could start by reading the paper or the man page.
for 'abc def':
ifs='
' { name = `{cat foo} }
for 'abc def
', or 'abc def' if you'd used 'echo -n':
ifs=() { name = `{cat foo} }
--
Kris Maglione
Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.
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* Re: [9fans] name=`{cat foo}
2007-05-27 2:23 ` Kris Maglione
@ 2007-05-27 3:04 ` arisawa
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: arisawa @ 2007-05-27 3:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Thanks Kris,
I have forgotten that!
On 2007/05/27, at 11:23, Kris Maglione wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:49:52AM +0900, arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp
> wrote:
>> I want to have a shell variable such as:
>> name='abc def'
>>
>> How to do?
>
> You could start by reading the paper or the man page.
>
> for 'abc def':
>
> ifs='
> ' { name = `{cat foo} }
>
> for 'abc def
> ', or 'abc def' if you'd used 'echo -n':
>
> ifs=() { name = `{cat foo} }
>
> --
> Kris Maglione
>
> Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.
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