[9fans] rc script question

[9fans] rc script question

[Steve Simon]

Hi,

rc is not working how I expect it to.

This works fine
	echo a b c | rc -c 'a=`{read}; echo @ $a(2-) @'
	@ b c @

This i did not expect
	echo a b c | rc -c 'echo @ $(2-) @'
	@ @

Perhaps I need some expectation managment?

-Steve

Re: [9fans] rc script question

[Charles Forsyth]

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i assumed you wanted a b c as command line arguments in the second case,
not echoed in.
in the first case, you indexed a variable. in the second case, you indexed
nothing.

% rc -c 'echo @ $*(2-) @' a b c
@ b c @



On 27 February 2013 15:41, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> rc is not working how I expect it to.
>
> This works fine
>         echo a b c | rc -c 'a=`{read}; echo @ $a(2-) @'
>         @ b c @
>
> This i did not expect
>         echo a b c | rc -c 'echo @ $(2-) @'
>         @ @
>
> Perhaps I need some expectation managment?
>
> -Steve
>
>

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Re: [9fans] rc script question

[dexen deVries]

On Wednesday 27 of February 2013 15:41:58 Steve Simon wrote:
> This i did not expect
> 	echo a b c | rc -c 'echo @ $(2-) @'
> 	@ @


rc -c 'shift; echo @ $* @' `{echo a b c}

surprisingly, * can be assigned to.

echo a b c | rc -c '*=`{read}; shift; echo @ $* @'
echo a b c | rc -c '*=`{read}; echo @ $*(2-) @'

-- 
dexen deVries

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Re: [9fans] rc script question

[Yaroslav]

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> surprisingly, * can be assigned to.
>

and this is why there's no bourne's "set" builtin.

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