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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem with variables and bash script Post 302913384 by dionbl on Friday 15th of August 2014 10:13:00 PM
Old 08-15-2014
Problem with variables and bash script
From the command line:
Code:
dions-air:scripts dion$ ls -l /Users/dion/Library/Application\ Support/Garmin/Devices/3816821036/History/2014-06-07-055251.TCX
-rw-r--r--  1 dion  staff  157934  7 Jun 06:55 /Users/dion/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Devices/3816821036/History/2014-06-07-055251.TCX

works as expected
However in a script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash

GARMIN_DEVICE_NUMBER="3816821036"
sourcefile="/Users/dion/Library/Application\ Support/Garmin/Devices/${GARMIN_DEVICE_NUMBER}/History/2014-06-07-055251.TCX"
destfiles="/tmp/"
ls -l "${sourcefile}"
echo cp -- "${sourcefile}" "${destfiles}"
cp -- "${sourcefile}" "${destfiles}"

the following is returned
Code:
dions-air:scripts dion$ ./test.command 
ls: /Users/dion/Library/Application\ Support/Garmin/Devices/3816821036/History/2014-06-07-055251.TCX: No such file or directory
cp -- /Users/dion/Library/Application\ Support/Garmin/Devices/3816821036/History/2014-06-07-055251.TCX /tmp/
cp: /Users/dion/Library/Application\ Support/Garmin/Devices/3816821036/History/2014-06-07-055251.TCX: No such file or directory

Some help would be appreciated. I have no idea where I have gone wrong. Thanks.
 

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