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# 1  
Old 11-19-2009
Double space
Hi.

this is my code:
Code:
set common2 = "1  2 3 4"
echo $common2

you can see that between 1 and 2 there is double space
but the output is
Code:
1 2 3 4

and not
Code:
1  2 3 4

what is the problam???
Last edited by Franklin52; 11-19-2009 at 09:42 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 2  
Old 11-19-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by nirnir26
you can see that between 1 and 2 there is double space
No I can't see it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by nirnir26
but the output is 1 2 3 4
and not 1 2 3 4
This looks the same too.

Please use code-tags.

---------- Post updated at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:35 PM ----------

Try

Code:
printf "$common2"

Last edited by Scott; 11-19-2009 at 09:56 AM.. Reason: changed variable name
# 3  
Old 11-19-2009
its not helps..
# 4  
Old 11-19-2009
Try this:

Code:
[root@wiki ~]# common2="1  2 3 4"
[root@wiki ~]# echo "$common2"
1  2 3 4

# 5  
Old 11-19-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by nirnir26
its not helps..
I know the C-shell (which it looks like you're using) is funny, but quoting the variable does preserve the whitespace.

Code:
% set common2 = "1  2 3 4"
% echo $common2
1 2 3 4
% echo "$common2"
1  2 3 4
%

 
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