On 19 June 2006 12:45, ydubost wrote: > Hello there, > > I have been working on a very simple script for 3 hours not been able to > understand what's wrong with it.
Run it under "bash -x" to see what's actually being executed and so what's going wrong. > TYPE_FIC_UPPER="._BC ._CH ._CL ._CM ._DF ._DL ._EV ._FL ._GR ._HL ._IS ._MB > ._MM ._MP ._OV ._PR ._SN ._SY ._TI ._TR" > TYPE_FIC_LOWER="._bc ._ch ._cl ._cm ._df ._dl ._ev ._fl ._gr ._hl ._is ._mb > ._mm ._mp ._ov ._pr ._sn ._sy ._ti ._tr" > TYPELIST=${TYPE_FIC_UPPER}" "${TYPE_FIC_LOWER} > > Extension=$(echo ${TYPELIST} | sed -e's:[ ][.]:" -o -name "*.:g' | sed > -e's:^[.]:-name ":' | sed -e's:$:":') > MaCommande="find . ${Extension} -exec rm {} \; -print" > > echo -e " - lancement de la commande=\n[${MaCommande}]\n" # display OK ! > > $(${MaCommande}) # ne fonctionne pas ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don't you just want "${MaCommande}" on it's own? Or "$(echo ${MaCommande})" perhaps? > find . ${Extension} -exec rm {} \; -print # ne fonctionne pas non plus ! Do any of the filenames or subdirectories have spaces or other special characters? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/