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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting handling spaces in unix Post 9900 by rwb1959 on Monday 5th of November 2001 11:33:06 AM
Old 11-05-2001
It looks like you are passing 11 command line args.
(the 3rd one is missing a quote - typo?)
The "" and "" I assume are "empty" strings you wish to
pass as args 8 and 9?
You should be able to pass arguments containing
spaces in single or double quotes without a problem.


You can add...
set -x
...to your script and actually trace the variable assigments
during execution and hopfully find the error.

If your still having problems, it might help to see the script.
 

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args(1) 							   GNU Telephony							   args(1)

NAME
args - manipulate and output command arguments. SYNOPSIS
args [options] args... DESCRIPTION
This command is used to manipulate and echo command line arguments to standard out. This can include adding quotes around each argument passed or a separator, or to output each argument on a separate line. The program source also offers a basic example of how to use shell argument parsing and localization in ucommon. OPTIONS
--delim=char Set a deliminator character, such as ',', to use between each argument when outputing arguments. --directory If argument is a directory, list directory contents as arguments. --follow If argument is a directory and a symlink, follow symlinks recursively. --lines Output each argument on a separate line. --quote=char|pair Set a quote or special leading and trailing pair of characters to surround each argument with when output. A typical use might be --quote=() to surround arguments in parenthesis. --recursive If argument is a directory, recursively scan directory and any subdirectory contents as arguments. --reverse Reverse order of arguments. --help Outputs help screen for the user. AUTHOR
args was written by David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to bug-commoncpp@gnu.org. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 David Sugar, Tycho Softworks. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. GNU uCommon January 2010 args(1)
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