How do you set a shell script var with a literal '*'?

BrianK · 06-21-2004, 08:54 PM

I'm trying to do something like this:

Code:

#!/bin/tcsh

set EXCLUDE = "\\\*.cmv"

foreach f (`eval "ls /job"`)
    eval "tar --exclude=big_files --exclude=$EXCLUDE -cvzf $f.tgz $f"
end

if I do an env var like so:
setenv FOO \\\*.c

I can check it and it seems to work:
setenv | grep FOO
FOO=\*.c

but, if I echo $FOO:
echo $FOO
echo: No match.

the tar command above is still getting .cmv files, so it's not working like I'd like

ideas?

BrianK · 06-21-2004, 09:02 PM

edited:

ok, so I got one var working properly, but I can't get an array - i.e.:

Code:

#!/bin/tcsh

set IGNORE = ( drqueue \
	       non_jobs \
	       makeQuicktime )

set EXCLUDE = ( big_files \
	        \\\*.cmv \
	        core.\\\* )

set IGNORE_STRING = "ls "
set EXCLUDE_STRING = ""

foreach ig ($IGNORE)
    set IGNORE_STRING = "${IGNORE_STRING} | grep -v $ig"
end

foreach ex ($EXCLUDE)
    set EXCLUDE_STRING = "${EXCLUDE_STRING} --exclude=$ex"
end

foreach f (`eval $IGNORE_STRING`)
    eval "tar $EXCLUDE_STRING -cvzf $f.tgz $f"
end

this doesn't work... I get:
foreach: No match. (refering the the foreach ex ($EXCLUDE))

??

keefaz · 06-22-2004, 01:35 PM

have you tried foreach ig (${IGNORE}) ?

BrianK · 06-22-2004, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by keefaz
have you tried foreach ig (${IGNORE}) ?

I had not, but that still does not work.

And, for the record, the $IGNORE foreach works fine, it's the $EXCLUDE foreach that's having problems.