Take arguments of console command from file
 

It's possible to use the contents from a file and not the file itself how arguments of a console command?

Thanks

It's possible, but depends on the contents of the file. If the only thing in the file are arguments you want to use, then you can do this:

command `cat filename`

Those are backticks ( ` ) not single quotes ( ' ). The shell will repace the backticks with the output of the command inside the backticks.

Thanks, but now I have another problem. If some of the arguments are filenames with spaces? Now it interpretes every word like an argument.

When working with such filenames normally I quote them or use "\ ", perhaps there is some other way using "\<ASCII code>" or something that doesn't uses spaces?

Then you would need to add the escape sequences in the file itself, or surround the filenames with double quotes. Such as:

or

Doesn't work, gives:

or

Ugh... my mistake... I should have tested it before opening my mouth. That's a bit odd though. To my knowledge, the shell should have interpreted that text exactly as if it had been typed at a prompt.

I couldn't get things to work with a number of different gyrations I tried on my own. You may have to use a small shell script.