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Old 02-16-2010, 12:15 AM   #1
lipun4u
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reversing string with space


Just check out the script...

Code:
 
      1 #!/bin/bash
      2
      3 echo -n "Enter a string :: "
      4 read str
      5 echo -n "Reverse is :: "
      6 l=`expr length "$str"`
      7 while [ $l -ge 1 ]
      8 do
      9     m=`echo $str | cut -c "$l"`
     10     echo -n $m
     11     l=`expr $l - 1`
     12 done
     13 echo


It takes a script and shows it in reverse manner.



it works well for single word input like..



Quote:

[user31@FEDORA ~]$ sh exmp5.sh
Enter a string :: asit
Reverse is :: tisa


But ignores the white space if multi-word is entered...



Quote:
[user31@FEDORA ~]$ sh exmp5.sh
Enter a string :: qutub asit
Reverse is :: tisabutuq


How can I fix this ??
 
Old 02-16-2010, 12:26 AM   #2
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Try this

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter a string :: "
read str
echo -n "Reverse is :: "
l=`expr length "$str"`
while [ $l -ge 1 ]
do
m=`echo $str | cut -c "$l"`
echo -n "$m" # $m in double quotes
l=`expr $l - 1`
done
echo
 
Old 02-16-2010, 12:41 AM   #3
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Add quotes around $m in echo -n $m

EDIT: hostmaster beat me to it
 
  


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