On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Daniel Melameth <dan...@melameth.com> wrote: > While I realize this might not be the best forum for this, it is the > ksh that is in base--and the official pdksh-5.2.14 has been abandoned > since '99. That said, I'm not too familiar with shell scripting, but > I'm giving it a spin and am having some issues with typeset that I'd > appreciate an appropriate clue stick with. > > $ cat temp > typeset -L32 x="string1" > y="string2" > echo $x $y > > $ sh temp > string1 string2 > > As far as I understand it, the output should look like the following, > but this is not the case: > > string1 string2 > > What am I missing here? I am using typeset in a similar fashion in > some while loops and it's working as expected, but the scenario above > has me perplexed. > > Thanks.
A kind soul told me off list I simply needed quotes: echo "$x $y" Thanks.
