On Thursday 04 May 2006 00:44, Paul Jarc wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > $ foo="a b c"
> > $ gawk 'BEGIN {foo="'${foo}'"}'
> > gawk: BEGIN {foo="a
> > gawk: ^ unterminated string
>
> This is normal. man bash:
>
> # Word Splitting
> # The shell scans the results of parameter expansion, command
> substitu- # tion, and arithmetic expansion that did not occur within
> double quotes # for word splitting.
thanks, this is the bit i was unable to locate myself
> > so if i quote ${foo} like so:
> > $ gawk 'BEGIN {foo="'"${foo}"'"}'
> > it'll work in this case, but then fail if foo contains newlines:
> > foo="a
> > b
> > c"
>
> What do you mean by "fail"? What do you want to happen in this case?
i meant gawk hates it ... not bash
-mike
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