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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting bash curl escape & in url Post 302423304 by unclecameron on Thursday 20th of May 2010 03:33:21 PM
Old 05-20-2010
both of these work
Code:
url='http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?lat='${lat}'&lng='${lon}''

or
Code:
url="$(echo 'http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?lat='${lat}'&lng='${lon} )"

thanks!

Last edited by unclecameron; 05-20-2010 at 04:58 PM..
 

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lat(1)								Linux User's Manual							    lat(1)

NAME
lat - LDAP Administration Tool SYNOPSIS
lat [options] DESCRIPTION
lat, stands for LDAP Administration Tool. The tool allows you to browse LDAP-based directories and add/edit/delete entries contained within. It can store profiles for quick access to different servers. There are also different views available such as Users, Groups and Hosts which allow you to easily manage objects without having to deal with the intricacies of LDAP. OPTIONS
lat has few options, they are listed below. -d, --debug Run the program with debugging code turned on. -h, --help Print the program usage and exit. -v, --version Print the program version and exit. FILES
$HOME/.lat/profiles.xml Contains the users saved connection profiles. There is no password information held in the files; Passwords are stored in the users GNOME keyring database. $HOME/.lat/plugins.state Contains the user configuration for LAT plugins $HOME/.lat/profiles.xml Contains information on user connection profiles $HOME/.lat/templates.dat Contains information on the users custom templates. AUTHOR
Loren Bandiera <lorenb@mmgsecurity.com> REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://dev.mmgsecurity.com/bugs/ COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005 MMG Security, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. lat May 2005 lat(1)
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