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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting BASH- Need help pulling data from .emlx Post 302875923 by neutronscott on Wednesday 20th of November 2013 10:26:04 PM
Old 11-20-2013
small improvements. not that it's likely you'll have % in your filenames, but you should use printf properly: printf '%s\tFAIL\t\n' "$filename"

if using bash you'd also want read -r to disable backslash processing too.

examples:
Code:
mute@thedoctor:~$ read var <<< 'file\name'; echo "$var"
filename
mute@thedoctor:~$ read -r var <<< 'file\name'; echo "$var"
file\name
mute@thedoctor:~$ filename='%strange'; printf "$filename\tOK\n"
trange  OK

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printf

PRINTF(1)								FSF								 PRINTF(1)

NAME

       printf - format and print data

SYNOPSIS

       printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
       printf OPTION

DESCRIPTION

       NOTE:  your shell may have its own version of printf which will supercede the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documen-
       tation for details about the options it supports.

       Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       FORMAT controls the output as in C printf.  Interpreted sequences are:

       "     double quote

       NNN  character with octal value NNN (0 to 3 digits)

       \     backslash

       a     alert (BEL)

            backspace

       c     produce no further output

       f     form feed

       
     new line

       
     carriage return

       	     horizontal tab

       v     vertical tab

       xNNN  byte with hexadecimal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)

       uNNNN character with hexadecimal value NNNN (4 digits)

       UNNNNNNNN
	      character with hexadecimal value NNNNNNNN (8 digits)

       %%     a single %

       %b     ARGUMENT as a string with `' escapes interpreted

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AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

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SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for printf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and printf programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

	      info printf

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 4.5.3						   February 2003							 PRINTF(1)
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