If you are in ksh then you can slice the strings with the following:-
The last criteria is a bit awkward though. The output you suggest ignores the fact that your string may have embedded quotes in it. Do you not want to know these exist?
If not, then append | tr -d "\"" to the echo $OUTPUT statement.
I hope that this helps.
Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
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#
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My input is this:
Inputfile = file.txt
needs to change to,
Inputfile = file.txt"
I have tried using:
Inputfile = `echo ${Inputfile}"'
doesn't work for me.
Similarly how do I change it to all double quotes:
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xargs - construct argument list(s) and execute utility
SYNOPSIS
xargs [ -t ][[ -x ] -n number ][ -s size ][ utility [ arguments... ]]
DESCRIPTION
The xargs utility reads space, tab, newline and end-of-file delimited arguments from the standard input and executes the specified utility
with them as arguments.
The utility and any arguments specified on the command line are given to the utility upon each invocation, followed by some number of the
arguments read from standard input. The utility is repeatedly executed until standard input is exhausted.
Spaces, tabs and newlines may be embedded in arguments using single (`` ' '') or double (``"'') quotes or backslashes (``''). Single
quotes escape all non-single quote characters, excluding newlines, up to the matching single quote. Double quotes escape all non-double
quote characters, excluding newlines, up to the matching double quote. Any single character, including newlines, may be escaped by a back-
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-n number Set the maximum number of arguments taken from standard input for each invocation of the utility. An invocation of utility will
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there are fewer than number arguments remaining for the last invocation of utility. The current default value for number is
5000.
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value for size is ARG_MAX - 2048.
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command line length.
If no utility is specified, echo(1) is used.
Undefined behavior may occur if utility reads from the standard input.
The xargs utility exits immediately (without processing any further input) if a command line cannot be assembled, utility cannot be
invoked, an invocation of the utility is terminated by a signal or an invocation of the utility exits with a value of 255.
The xargs utility exits with a value of 0 if no error occurs. If utility cannot be invoked, xargs exits with a value of 127. If any other
error occurs, xargs exits with a value of 1.
SEE ALSO echo(1), find(1)STANDARDS
The xargs utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2("POSIX") compliant.
June 6, 1993 XARGS(1)