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Spaces in double quotes in variable ?

Hi got this issue and was wondering if someone could please help out ?



Code:
var='."          "'
echo $var
." "


I 'll get ." " and not ." with 10 spaces in between "


Thanks
 
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PMKSETUP(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       PMKSETUP(8)

NAME
pmksetup -- premake setup SYNOPSIS
pmksetup [-hVv] [-r variable] [-u variable=value] DESCRIPTION
The pmksetup utility is meant to create or update the pmk.conf(5) file in order to run the pmk(1) configuration tool. pmksetup reads all configuration information from the pmk.conf(5) file. The options are as follows: -h Display the help menu. -r variable Remove the given variable from pmk.conf(5) if its value isn't static. Data gathering is skipped by this option. -u variable=value Add or update existing variable from pmk.conf(5) if its value isn't static. The value must have its double quotes escaped to pass through shell filter. Data gathering is skipped by this option. -V Verbose, display debugging messages. -v Display the version number. FILES
/etc/pmk/pmk.conf default pmk(1) configuration file SEE ALSO
make(1), pmk(1), pmkscan(1), pmk.conf(5), pmkfile(5) AUTHORS
Damien Couderc and Xavier Santolaria. BSD
April 03, 2003 BSD