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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Echo not working with $ Post 302949838 by RudiC on Thursday 16th of July 2015 01:03:25 PM
Old 07-16-2015
Assumed that PATH1 and PATH2 WERE defined, it still wouldn't work as it would need a second expansion by the shell after $I or $v have been expanded. You need to use eval for that, but this can be dangerous and is generally disadvised.
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Check that all files ("LOCAL-PATH1" or "URI1") comply with the libosinfo XML schema. The local path may point to a directory containing XML files, or directly to an XML file. The uris must point directly to remote XML files Any validation errors will be displayed on the console when detected. OPTIONS
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