need to innitialize string variable with multiple spaces

clsonnt · 08-08-2003, 05:10 PM

I am working on a bash shellscript that needs to initialize a varible that contains multiple speces.

I have tried:
RDSK="c0t2d0s0 0"

What gets echo'd back is:
c0t3d0s0 0

If it matters, I am trying to edit the /etc/dumpdates file from my script.

TNX

Leon

crabboy · 08-10-2003, 04:07 PM

Not sure what you are trying to do. It looks like the echo back is what I would expect. What are you are looking to be echoed back?

slapNUT · 08-10-2003, 04:20 PM

Just remember when you reference the variable you should quote it e.g.

$ RDSK="c0t2d0s0 0";[ "$RDSK" = "c0t2d0s0 0" ] && echo "YES";[ $RDSK = "c0t2d0s0 0" ] && echo "YES"
YES
bash: [: too many arguments
Notice the second test fails cause I use $RDSK without quotes and bash interprets both elements a arguements.

clsonnt · 08-11-2003, 10:40 AM

Yea, Looks like that is the issue. I put the variable in Double quotes and it seems to work.

Now let's see about doing the actual editing from with in the script. (That will be a different post.)

Thanks!!!