Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.

WD

The advanced bash scripting guide is a good online resource:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

If you need something a little more basic try the Bash Guide for Beginners:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginne...tml/index.html

JLM-TOC,

2) the history exansion problem you describe is real, but is only concerning interactive shells. Shell scripts shouldn't be affected.

[bash] new to bash, having problems debugging.
 

oops posted in wrong place.

You can also put some '\' before the space to say "don't take care about what's following"
So you'll have:
FILES=/usr/local/rpm\ /etc/samba /etc/httpd
:)
Sorry for my bad english :S

Just to warn everyone, this is 9 year old necro-thread.

In the future, please consider whether what you want to add is important enough to justify re-opening a long-dead thread. Thanks.

While I'm here, I'm going to add my own comment though, and say that lists of filenames should not be stored in a single variable anyway. Always use arrays when you have multiple related strings to operate on.

I also have a similar question about 'fi'
 

INSTDIR=/home/wdy/Download
if [ -d $(INSTDIR) ];\
then\
cp myapp $(INSTDIR);\
chmod a+x $(INSTDIR)/myapp;\
chmod og-w $(INSTDIR)/myapp;\
echo "Installed in $(INSTDIR)";\
else\
echo "sorry,$(INSTDIR) does not exist";\
fi



run it and the error:syntax error near unexpected token 'fi'
but why? ican not find the reason.