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From: robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Bourne shell dosen't seem to rescan for quotes in variables.
Message-ID: <4258@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 15:31:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: ncoast.4258
Posted: Tue Aug 25 15:31:59 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Aug-87 00:58:38 EDT
References: <182@ksr.UUCP>
Reply-To: robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco)
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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In article <182@ksr.UUCP> benson@ksr.UUCP () writes:
>
>In an sh script --
>
>   FOO="my_command -P\"big dog\""
>   exec $FOO

    Type "eval exec $FOO". eval will reevaluate quotes, variables, etc. Just like
you typed the line: exec my_command -P"big dog"

>
>Questions: is this universal? is this correct? is there a better
>avoidance?
    Yes, I believe so. eval is designed to overcome this.

		[> Rd
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