From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18685 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2005 07:42:39 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Aug 2005 07:42:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 79626 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2005 07:42:33 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Aug 2005 07:42:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 3110 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2005 07:42:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9302 Received: (qmail 3100 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2005 07:42:25 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Aug 2005 07:42:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 78614 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2005 07:42:25 -0000 Received: from ns9.hostinglmi.net (213.194.149.146) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Aug 2005 07:42:18 -0000 Received: from 212.red-80-35-44.pooles.rima-tde.net ([80.35.44.212] helo=localhost) by ns9.hostinglmi.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1E3UBF-0005jk-3r; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:42:17 +0200 Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:45:40 +0200 From: DervishD To: Wayne Davison Cc: Zsh Users Subject: Re: Printing arrays for use with $() Message-ID: <20050812074540.GA354@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Wayne Davison , Zsh Users References: <20050811161654.GA8200@DervishD> <1050811163714.ZM2498@candle.brasslantern.com> <20050811222847.GA341@DervishD> <20050812020748.GA478@blorf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20050812020748.GA478@blorf.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sunsite.dk X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Hi Wayne :) * Wayne Davison dixit: > 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) Been there, done that... and it didn't work :? But obviously I did something wrong, because it DOES work now. Probably I was tired enough to make a typo and don't seeing it... Thanks a lot, Wayne :) It's not the perfect solution but I think it would do by now. Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net http://www.pleyades.net & http://www.gotesdelluna.net It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to...