yeah, this is an option, but i need it all in a script because i need to do non-ant things and i find it easier to do non-ant things in bash rather than with the <exec> task. anyway, i did find the solution, which is to escape newlines in the command output:
VAR=`cmd | sed 's/$/\\/g'` (though this actually replaces the last character of the line, it doesn't match \n, but it works) thanks for the quick reply though. Francis Galiegue-4 wrote: > > Why don't you just put commands in a script and pass the path to that > script as an argument? > > -- > > Francis Galiegue > ONE2TEAM > Ingénieur système > Mob : +33 (0) 683 877 875 > Tel : +33 (0) 178 945 552 > f...@one2team.com > 40 avenue Raymond Poincaré > 75116 Paris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/newlines-in-property-from--D-argument-tp24186411p24220191.html Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
