12-03-2012
File paths with spaces in a variable
Hi all my very first post so go easy on me!!
I am trying to build a very simple script to list a file path with spaces in. But I can't get around this problem. My script is as follows:
#!/bin/bash
X="/Library/Users/Application\ Support/"
LS="ls"
AL="-al"
$LS $AL $X
The response I get is this
ls: /Library/Application\: No such file or directory
ls: Support/: No such file or directory
I know this is a problem with the space in the file path but I thought the "" would pass to the commandline with no issues but I am wrong.
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SYNOPSIS
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When using Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) tools and utilities and when calling PCP library functions, a standard set of environment variables
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