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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:08:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <52D5DA56-397F-40BB-BBA7-CE3BF7256581@larryv.me> <29a203d5-bf53-9cb7-7a49-2705c3b1d8f2@eastlink.ca> <87a6sc3d0c.fsf@lwm.klanderman.net> <752329601.3729797.1612972051119@mail2.virginmedia.com> In-Reply-To: From: Bart Schaefer Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:08:18 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: protect spaces and/or globs To: Ray Andrews Cc: Zsh Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Seq: 26497 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 8:19 AM Ray Andrews wrote: > > On 2021-02-10 7:47 a.m., Peter Stephenson wrote: > > > > No eval needed, the arguments are now exactly the correct command arguments. > > > If you look at this one case indeed no eval is needed, but in the > broader context of the way all > my functions work, the eval is unavoidable. Or is it? Maybe not. Even if you do need "eval", you should still use an array. That is, instead of sstring="grep --color=always -i -- ${grepargs[@]}" eval "$sstring" use sarray=(grep --color=always -i -- "${grepargs[@]}") eval "${(@q)sarray}" Using (@q) causes each individual array element to be quoted separately. The double quotes then expand it in the manner of "${sarray[@]}".