Re: string to array space problem in filenames

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>]

On 08/28/2015 12:43 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Your first problem here is trying to maintain .mydirstack all as one
> line (echo -n) with spaces between the fields.  You would be much
> better served by writing one file name per line and then splitting
> the file on newlines when reading it back.
>
> Out:
>      echo "$PWD" >>| ~/.mydirstack
> In:
>      mydirstack=( ${(f)"$(<~/.mydirstack)"} )
>
> Then you should be able to do
>
>      select dir in "${mydirstack[@]}"; do something with $dir; done
>
> If you insist on storing it all on one line,
Heck no, I don't insist on anything.  The single line thing was the only 
way I could get it to work, but the above sounds very much better even 
on first reading.  I'm still lacking free time, but I'll play with that 
and get back  to you.

Thanks as always Bart.