Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: > Dear list, > > this im my 'test.sh': > > #!/bin/bash > for f in "$@" ; do > xcmd="unrar x" > $xcmd "$f" > done > > Can please somebody explain, why, if I double-quote the "$xcmd" > variable in line 4, the script fails with > > ./test.sh: line 4: unrar x: command not found > > ??? > > Commands without parameters resp. whitespace (e.g. xcmd="unzip") work > fine when double-quoted; a web search (including the "GNU Bash manual" > [1]) did not shed any light on this mystery... > > Thank you and libre Grüße, > Florian > > > > [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Double-Quotes.html > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng I believe quoting $xcmd would instruct the shell to look for and execute "unrar x" so unless you have an executable file named unrar\ x within $PATH, it will fail. The same thing happens within a shell: ~$ "unrar x" bash: unrar x: command not found ~$
_______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
