-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/10/2012 01:17 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: > > > On 02/10/2012 11:50 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > >> On 02/10/2012 11:07 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 23:31 -0800, Alejandro Rodriguez Luna wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, I was creating a script and i found something i can't >> >> figure out. >> >> >> >> #/bin/bash >> >> for i in $(cat certificates.txt) >> >> do >> >> echo $i >> >> done >> >> >> >> I expected this >> >> >> >> RSA Secure Server Certification Authority >> >> VeriSign Class 1 CA Individual Subscriber-Persona Not Validated >> >> >> >> >> >> but i got this >> >> >> >> RSA >> >> Secure >> >> Server >> >> Certification >> >> Authority >> >> VeriSign >> >> Class >> >> 1 >> >> CA >> >> Individual >> >> Subscriber-Persona >> >> Not >> >> Validated >> >> >> >> any ideas how to fix this? i mean, how can i get the whole line >> >> instead of word by word? >> >> Try adding: >> >> IFS= >> >> before the do command and see if that does it for you. >> >> Mikkel > > > > > Can't do it directly in front of the do statement, but if you put it in front of the whole if statement, then the parsing works. *Now* I have to research what that is doing! Thanks for making me learn something today! :-) > > Kevin > > Yes, I should have said to put it after #!/bin/bash.
What that does is set the parameter separator to an empty string. So it uses the end of the line instead of space, <tab> and new line. You can see what it is set to by using the set command, or by running echo $IPS. You can find it in the bash man page. Have fun. Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk81d/sACgkQqbQrVW3JyMQbZACfZ89NGAoKOdSrJY1wFX7Hv8/o 9lcAn1dfV6ghX+aedcTLo6czkZY4MU1U =QJin -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
