Basic Bash script help
 

For some reason this script works but the output is like:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

instead of a normal:

xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

like when you just type in ls -l <directory> directly from the keyboard lets say.

edit* hah, I need 5 post to post a URL so no linky to my script.



piece of it looks like:

echo `ls $option $directory`

Put quotes round the echo argument like this:

echo "`ls $option $directory`"

nm, I got it.


remove the echo AND the back ticks.


ls $option $directory


^works.