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Old 09-11-2008
shell script, pls help
[root@andLinux tmp]# for i in `cat oo`;do ls -ld $i;done
ls: /var/tmp/i: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/ii: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/iii: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/iiii: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
[root@andLinux tmp]# cat oo
/var/tmp/i i
/var/tmp/ii i
/var/tmp/iii i
/var/tmp/iiii i

added \ still the same

[root@andLinux tmp]# for i in `cat oo`;do ls -ld $i;done
ls: /var/tmp/i\: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/ii\: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/iii\: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/iiii\: No such file or directory
ls: i: No such file or directory
[root@andLinux tmp]# cat oo
/var/tmp/i\ i
/var/tmp/ii\ i
/var/tmp/iii\ i
/var/tmp/iiii\ i

pls help
# 2  
Old 09-11-2008
Quote the variable and using cat here is redundant, try something like:

Code:
while read i; do
  ls -ld "$i"
done < oo

Regards
# 3  
Old 09-11-2008
Problem fixed, thanks a lot

Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Quote the variable and using cat here is redundant, try something like:

Code:
while read i; do
  ls -ld "$i"
done < oo

Regards
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