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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Arguments in variable vs direct string Post 302985499 by Corona688 on Thursday 10th of November 2016 11:45:35 AM
Old 11-10-2016
If you can possibly avoid it, just don't do that - these are all ugly hacks to accommodate something structured inside-out and backwards. But if you absolutely have to, xargs can handle them.

People loathe xargs for processing quotes instead of handling them raw, but that's actually useful here. It will handle quotes but will ignore shell syntax -- which makes it much safer than eval.

Code:
UGLYMESS="a b 'c d' e"
OLDIFS="$IFS"

# Split unquoted strings on newlines and ONLY newlines.
IFS="
"

# xargs printf "%s\n" will print every separate argument or quoted section on its own newline.
# You could set $1=a, $2=b, $3="c d", $4=e
set -- $(echo "$UGLYMESS" | xargs printf "%s\n" )
# ...or put them into an array like this:
ARR=( $(echo "$UGLYMESS" | xargs printf "%s\n" ) )

# Now that we've stored them already split, we can restore IFS.
IFS="$OLDIFS"

Last edited by Corona688; 12-02-2016 at 11:33 AM.. Reason: Typo, missing ) in array
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NAME

       Gtk2::PageSetup

HIERARCHY

	 Glib::Object
	 +----Gtk2::PageSetup

METHODS

   pagesetup = Gtk2::PageSetup->new
   pagesetup = Gtk2::PageSetup->new_from_file ($file_name)
       o   $file_name (localized file name)

       May croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure.

       Since: gtk+ 2.12

   pagesetup = Gtk2::PageSetup->new_from_key_file ($key_file, $group_name)
       o   $key_file (Glib::KeyFile)

       o   $group_name (string or undef)

       May croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure.

       Since: gtk+ 2.12

   double = $setup->get_bottom_margin ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->set_bottom_margin ($margin, $unit)
       o   $margin (double)

       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   double = $setup->get_left_margin ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->set_left_margin ($margin, $unit)
       o   $margin (double)

       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->load_file ($file_name)
       o   $file_name (string)

       May croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure.

       Since: gtk+ 2.14

   $setup->load_key_file ($key_file, $group_name)
       o   $key_file (Glib::KeyFile)

       o   $group_name (string or undef)

       May croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure.

       Since: gtk+ 2.14

   pageorientation = $setup->get_orientation
   $setup->set_orientation ($orientation)
       o   $orientation (Gtk2::PageOrientation)

   double = $setup->get_page_height ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   double = $setup->get_page_width ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   double = $setup->get_paper_height ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->set_paper_size_and_default_margins ($size)
       o   $size (Gtk2::PaperSize)

   papersize = $setup->get_paper_size
   $setup->set_paper_size ($size)
       o   $size (Gtk2::PaperSize)

   double = $setup->get_paper_width ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   double = $setup->get_right_margin ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->set_right_margin ($margin, $unit)
       o   $margin (double)

       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->to_file ($file_name)
       o   $file_name (localized file name)

       May croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure.

       Since: gtk+ 2.12

   $setup->to_key_file ($key_file, $group_name)
       o   $key_file (Glib::KeyFile)

       o   $group_name (string or undef)

       Since: gtk+ 2.12

   double = $setup->get_top_margin ($unit)
       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

   $setup->set_top_margin ($margin, $unit)
       o   $margin (double)

       o   $unit (Gtk2::Unit)

ENUMS AND FLAGS

   enum Gtk2::PageOrientation
       o   'portrait' / 'GTK_PAGE_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT'

       o   'landscape' / 'GTK_PAGE_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE'

       o   'reverse-portrait' / 'GTK_PAGE_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT'

       o   'reverse-landscape' / 'GTK_PAGE_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE'

   enum Gtk2::Unit
       o   'pixel' / 'GTK_UNIT_PIXEL'

       o   'points' / 'GTK_UNIT_POINTS'

       o   'inch' / 'GTK_UNIT_INCH'

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