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05-09-2005

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How to select strings with space?

Hi folks,

I have the following select function:
select_vs_plugin()
{
export VS_LIST=`cat VsList.lst`
while [[ "1" = "1" ]]
do
echo
echo
echo ===================================================================
============
echo Please select Video Server Plugin
echo ===================================================================
============
echo
select selectedVsPlugin in $VS_LIST Quit
do
if [[ -z "${selectedVsPlugin}" ]] ; then
echo "\n**** !! Invalid Option !! ****\n"
else
break
fi
done
if [[ ${selectedVsPlugin} = "Quit" ]] ; then
echo "\n**** End of video servers selection ****\n"
break
else
export SELECTED_VS=${selectedVsPlugin}
echo The select video server plugin is : ${SELECTED_VS}
fi
done
}

The configuration file VsList.lst contains the following video servers names:
MediaBase XMP 7.2
Maestro 4
SeaChange iTV 2.5

The function suppose to display those names in selection menu.
Now,the selection diplaying looks as the following:
===============================================================================
Please select Video Server Plugin
===============================================================================

1) MediaBase
2) XMP
3) 7.2
4) Maestro
5) 4
6) SeaChange
7) iTV
8) 2.5
9) Quit
#?

The wrapped displaying occured due to the space in the names in tthe lst file.

How can i overcome on this space problem?

Thanks in advance.

Nir

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echo

echo(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  echo(1B)

NAME

       echo - echo arguments to standard output

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]

DESCRIPTION

       echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.

       echo  is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
       ronment variables.

       For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:

	   o	  echo your current-working-directory's full pathname

	   o	  pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters

	   o	  pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.

		    example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"

       See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.

       The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be  invoked	if
       the  user  calls  echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
       characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the  black-slashed  escape  characters,	and  ksh's
       echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.

OPTIONS

       -n    Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future  releases.

SunOS 5.11							    3 Aug 1994								  echo(1B)

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