On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:44:17 -0500, Paul Jarc wrote: > Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> XXX='a "b c" d' >> for x in $XXX ; do >> echo $x >> done > > XXX='a "b c" d' > eval "set $XXX" > for x in "$@" ; do > echo $x > done > > If the first element in XXX might start with "-", then it takes a little > more work to ensure it isn't misinterpreted as an option to "set": > eval "set x $XXX" > shift > > > paul
Great! That works. Unfortunately, the example I gave you was simplified from my actual application (too big and confusing to post here). There is another complication ... my variable has new-line characters embedded in it so the "eval" above gets many invalid command errors. I need to replace the new-lines with spaces. I will try the tr command. _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
