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From: Wayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Printing arrays for use with $()
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 12:28:47AM +0200, DervishD wrote:
>     The thing is that the 'printf' command prints the file names
> exactly as I want them, within double quotes, but 'command' see those
> double quotes... quoted. Any way of avoiding this?

That's what "eval" is for -- it will re-evaluate the string, and the
quotes will affect how the string is parsed into a command:

    eval "command" $(printf '"%s" ' $array)

..wayne..