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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting bash - add backslash in front of variables w/ spaces Post 302254297 by bakunin on Tuesday 4th of November 2008 05:28:55 AM
Old 11-04-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by trey85stang
example of one of the variables I am working with is this:

$myvar = File 1/File 2/this is my file.txt

So I need to make my variable this --

$myvar = File\ 1/File\ 2/this\ is\ my\ file.txt
Thanks $deity this conclusion is wrong. Just enclose your variable content in double quotes to protect the content:

Code:
myvar="File 1/File 2/this is my file.txt"

and pass it this way:

Code:
subfunc "$myvar"

inside the function (or the external script, its the same for that matter) use it also protected. Example:

Code:
function subfunc
{
local myvar="$1"      # notice the double quotes

some_command "$some_path/$myvar" another_arg

return 0
}

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 

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