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Article #470Re: Korn Tilde expansion
From: Stephen Carter
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 08:14
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 08:14
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From article <1991Feb5.100540@bachus.enet.dec.com>, by leclercq@bachus.enet.dec.com (Philippe Leclercq): > > In article <4401@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) > writes: > |> > |> Sequent Dynix - Korn Shell tilde (~) expansion > |> ---------------------------------------------- > |> > > We have the same behavior on ULTRIX. > Substitute your last command by : > > eval "mv $from $to" > > It should work. > > -Philippe Leclercq My thanks to Philippe and several others who responded. The resolution I *know* works on my machine is: read field eval newfield=$field dosomethingwith $newfield Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK Tel: +44 273 678203 Fax: +44 273 678335 JANET: stevedc@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET : stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk UUCP: stevedc@syma.uucp ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!syma!stevedc From: stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent Subject: Re: Korn Tilde expansion Message-ID: <4414@syma.sussex.ac.uk> Date: 6 Feb 91 08:14:33 GMT References: <1991Feb5.100540@bachus.enet.dec.com> Organization: University of Sussex Lines: 31