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Article #1683Re: Problem with sh/ksh quoting
From: Paul John Falstad
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 17:21
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 17:21
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In article <16289@s.ms.uky.edu> kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes: >line="this is 'a test'" > >for word in $line >do > echo $word >done > >I *want* it to produce: >this >is >a test Try something like this: $ IFS=' ' $ line='this is a test' $ for i in $line > do > echo $i > done this is a test $ ... -- Paul Falstad, pfalstad@phoenix.princeton.edu PLink:HYPNOS GEnie:P.FALSTAD I would bring back hanging, and go into rope. I would cut off the more disreputable parts of the body and use the space for playing fields.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!drops.Princeton.EDU!pfalstad From: pfalstad@drops.Princeton.EDU (Paul John Falstad) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Problem with sh/ksh quoting Message-ID: <3726@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 31 Oct 90 17:21:32 GMT References: <16289@s.ms.uky.edu> Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 34