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Old 10-31-2011
Maintaining Command Line Integrity
Hi everyone,

I have a script that takes command line entries, for example
# script.sh 1 "2" 3 4 "5"

I want to be able to maintain the integrity of this command line such that it is processed with the double quotes i.e.:
Code:
 
VAR1=1
VAR2="2"
VAR3=3
VAR4=4
VAR5="5"

The double-quotes are required to keep the command line strings intact.

Any thoughts on how this can be done would be most welcome.

TIA


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# 2  
Old 10-31-2011
Hmm, the only way I can think of is for you to escape the double-quotes when you pass them to your script.

Code:
# /tmp/123.sh 1 \"2\" 3

1
"2"
3

# 3  
Old 11-02-2011
Hi.

Enclose entire string of arguments in single quotes:
Code:
# script.sh '1 "2" 3 4 "5"'

then crack them individually:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1	Demonstrate one solution to get quotes into positional parameters.

echo '$*' is :"$*":
echo '$@' is :"$@":
echo '$2 is ' :$2:

set -- $@
echo '$2 is ' :$2:

exit 0

producing:
Code:
% ./s1 '1 "2" 3 4 "5"'
$* is :1 "2" 3 4 "5":
$@ is :1 "2" 3 4 "5":
$2 is  ::
$2 is  :"2":

Very non-standard.

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
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