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Old 12-06-2011
Take quoted output from one script as quoted input for another script
Hi,

I have a script output.sh which produces the following output (as an example):
"abc def" "ghi jkl"

This output should be handled from script input.sh as input and the quotes should be treated as variable delimiters but not as regular characters.

input.sh (processing positional parameters)
Code:
  VAR1=$1
  VAR2=$2
  echo $VAR1
  echo $VAR2

If I do this one: input.sh `output.sh`
I get this result:
"abc
def"

But that's not exactly what I hoped to see:
abc def
ghi jkl

How can I make Script input.sh to handle the output of output.sh as needed, i. e. by using the delivered quotes as variable delimiters?

Thanks in adance,
Stephan.
Last edited by stresing; 12-06-2011 at 01:22 PM..
# 2  
Old 12-06-2011
Try this...
Code:
./output.sh | xargs ./input.sh

--ahamed
This User Gave Thanks to ahamed101 For This Post:
stresing
# 3  
Old 12-07-2011
Oh, yes, sometimes life can be really easy! :-) But sometimes I can't see the wood for the (christmas) trees... Smilie

Thank you!

Stephan
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