Re: Bash script help

From: Mathieu Masse (mathieu_masse_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 02/07/04

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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:50:07 -0500

    Stuart Sears wrote:

    >On Saturday 07 February 2004 15:29, Mathieu Masse wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Stuart Sears wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>use win='mnt/W2K/Documents\ and\ Settings/Mathieu\ Masse/Application\Data/
    >>>Mozilla/Profiles/Default\ User/qe0cqve6.slt/'
    >>>The single quotes will prevent the shell from interpreting the '\ ' bits
    >>>as anything other than literal strings - this means that when you type
    >>>$win, the value output should include the escapes.
    >>>try it on the command line first!
    >>>export win=...
    >>>cd $win
    >>>
    >>>Stuart
    >>>
    >>>
    >>Tried it doesn't work, gives me the following:
    >>
    >>cp: copying multiple files, but last argument `User/qe0cqve6.slt' is not
    >>a directory
    >>
    >>
    >so it's still interpreting the spaces as argument separators.
    >here are my experiments with this, and the one tnat finally worked...
    ># export win='/mnt/w2k/Documents*/Stuart/Application*/Real/RealOne*/'
    ># echo $win
    > /mnt/w2k/Documents and Settings/Stuart/Application Data/Real/RealOne Player/
    ># cd $win
    ># pwd
    >/mnt/w2k/Documents and Settings/Stuart/Application Data/Real/RealOne Player
    >
    >so i would say that using the * wildcard seems like a useable way forward.
    >for you this would be:
    >/mnt/W2K/Documents*/Mathieu*/Application*/Mozilla/Profiles/Default*/
    >qe0cqve6.slt
    >
    >give it a try and see if it works...
    >
    >Stuart
    >
    >ps you don't need to cc me, I'm a subscriber to the list
    >
    >
    >
    That worked thanks a lot, I would have never thought of using the wildcard! 

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