[9fans] name=`{cat foo}

[9fans] name=`{cat foo}

[arisawa]

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

Re: [9fans] name=`{cat foo}

[Kris Maglione]

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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Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.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}

[arisawa]

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 Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.