On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:08:26 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >... If I wanted to set multiple environment variables, I'd >"protect" myself a bit with something like: > >$(somecommand ... | egrep '^export +(VAR1|VAR2|VAR3)=') > >This would ensure that regardless of what "somecommand" wrote to >stdout, I'd just do export commands for the environment variables that >I was interested in. It is a _little bit_ safer. After setting them, I >might want to validate them as well, somehow. > And if somecommand is "echo 'export VAR1=bubba; sudo rm -rf /'"?
http://xkcd.com/327/ Beware the semicolon! -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN