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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem if parameter has space in it using loop Post 302325601 by ahmad.diab on Monday 15th of June 2009 04:35:11 PM
Old 06-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson

Code:
for cmdopts in "$@";do

Code:
also for cmdopts in "$*";do will work for the reason I said in previous quote
which is using "" in a var is necessary if there is spaces in this variable.
BR

 

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NAME

       qrencode - Encode input data in a QR Code and save as a PNG or EPS image.

SYNOPSIS

       qrencode [OPTION]...  [STRING]

DESCRIPTION

       Libqrencode  is	a  library  for encoding data in a QR Code symbol, a kind of 2D symbology that can be scanned by handy terminals such as a
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OPTIONS

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COPYRIGHT

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qrencode 3.4.1							   Oct. 9, 2012 						       QRENCODE(1)
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