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Article #1612Re: using set in a csh script
From: Michael Salmon
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 07:33
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 07:33
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In article <21752@dime.cs.umass.edu> martha@cs.umass.edu (Martha S. DasSarma) writes: > > I am trying to do set a variable that includes spaces, but the > set deletes them. > I type: > > $ set t="Mon 5" > $ echo $t > $ Mon 5 > > What happens is that the set deletes the extra spaces I put > in the set. > How could I preserve the spaces? Set hasn't deleted the spaces, they were deleted in the parsing of echo, just as if you typed $ echo Mon 5. Try $ echo "$t". Regards Michael Salmon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ericom!eos.ericsson.se!epames From: epames@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: using set in a csh script Message-ID: <1990Oct25.073325.2331@ericsson.se> Date: 25 Oct 90 07:33:25 GMT References: <21752@dime.cs.umass.edu> Sender: news@ericsson.se Reply-To: epames@eos.ericsson.se Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB Lines: 19