Retain quotes from bash script arguments - Page 2

danmero · #8 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaxxon

Hm..

Code:

./mach.ksh yo \"yo\"
  yo "yo"
cat mach.ksh
  echo $@

Works with ksh and bash. What shell do you use?

Try to echo $2 in your script

Code:

cat mach.ksh
  echo $@
  echo "$2"

zaxxon · #9 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008

Yes and

?

Code:

#!/bin/sh

echo $@
echo $2
root@isau02:/data/tmp/testfeld> ./mach.ksh yo \"yo\"
yo "yo"
"yo"

radoulov · #10 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008

I'd not use a code like this (you know, eval could be very dangerous), but given the original requirement this should work:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/bash

commandToRun="$(printf "%q " "$@")"

eval "$commandToRun t.txt"

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