11-21-2014
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Originally Posted by
tricampeon81
friends that way I can validate that the value is numeric taken
instance
var = 12re
if var = numeric then a
echo "Numerical
else
echo "not mumerico"
fi
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this thread, where exactly this has been covered.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
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EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
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ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
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This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
It's not ordinarily possible to process an arbitrary list of files output by find with a shell script. Anything you put in $IFS to
split up the output could legitimately be in a file's name. Here's how you can do it using shell-quote:
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debug shell scripts
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save a command for later
shell-quote can be used to build up a shell command to run later. Say you want the user to be able to give you switches for a command
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user_switches=
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AUTHOR
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