Hi,
I am trying to parse a set of space separated values from a file into an
array in a bash script. Thing is my individual values can also have spaces
between them hence each value is enclosed in double quotes. But the problem
is i am unable to parse them properly into an array.
After a bit of effort my problem boils down to the difference between
following 2 scenarios.
$> TESTARR=("abc def" ghi)
$> echo ${TESTARR[0]}
$> echo ${TESTARR[1]}
This correctly prints:
abc def
ghi
However
$> TESTARR=(`echo \"abc def\" ghi`)
$> echo ${TESTARR[0]}
$> echo ${TESTARR[1]}
This incorrectly prints:
"abc
def"
I guess i am missing something very basic. I would be glad if you could
suggest the correct way/way out.
--
Puneet
http://sahyog.blogspot.com/
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