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Old 02-24-2009
command out of script problem
I wanna put a LDAP search command into a script and there I have the following problem.

I have these variables in a bash script
Code:
com="ldapsearch -LLL -x -W"
node=" -b 'o=me,ou=addressbook,dc=subdomain,dc=dyndns,dc=org'"
uri=" -H ldaps://subdomain.dyndns.org"
user=" -D 'uid=me,ou=users,dc=subdomain,dc=dyndns,dc=org'"

at the end I wanna do this
Code:
echo $com$node$uri$user' '$1
$com$node$uri$user' '$1

It doesn't work. LDAP throws an error:
Code:
ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)
    additional info: invalid DN

If I copy the echo into the terminal it works fine.
Any idea? Thanks!
# 2  
Old 02-24-2009
Use eval instead of echo.
# 3  
Old 02-24-2009
Ah! I didn't know eval. My echo was just to show me my string, I wanted to use the string itself for the command.
Thanks!
 
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