On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:07:43AM +0100, David Sastre wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>> David Sastre wrote:
>> >Please test if
>> >
>> >[ -e "${p}" ] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}" && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>>
>> No, I think.
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> $ cat test_pr.sh
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows
>> NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
>>
>> [ -e "${p}" ] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}" && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>>
>> echo 'echo $PRINTER'
>> echo $PRINTER
>>
>> $ ./test_pr.sh
>> echo $PRINTER
>> HP Deskjet 3740 Series,winspool,Ne03:
>> ----------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> which is *wrong*. See ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above!
>>
>> With base-files-4.0-4 I get:
>>
>> $ echo $PRINTER
>> HP Deskjet 3740 Series
>>
>> which is right.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Angelo.
>
>Thanks for testing.
>It looks like it's easier to solve this with a simple if statement.
>
>p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows
>NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
>if [ -e "${p}" ] ; then
> read -r PRINTER < "${p}"
> PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>fi
How about:
read -r -d, PRINTER <
'/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows
NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
I see that "-d" is available in ksh but I don't know about the other shells.
cgf
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