John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > m ike wrote: > > this > > > > convert -draw "line 10,10,20,20" text.jpg out.jpg > > > > draws a line on the image from 10,10 to 20,20 > > > > so does this: > > > > g="line 10,10,20,20" > > convert -draw "$g" text.jpg out.jpg > > > > but this chokes: > > > > g='-draw "line 10,10,20,20"' > > echo $g > > convert $g text.jpg out.jpg > > > > appearantly convert is seeing "line 10,10,20,20" as two > > arguments, divided at the space. > > > > I'm at a loss. any ideas? > > Use a better shell: > > in zsh: > > % g=(-draw "line 10,10,20,20"); convert -fill black $g mushroom.jpg X:- > > That makes a pretty diagonal line, just as you expect.
However, if you *insist* upon using bash: $ typeset -a g $ g=(-draw "line 10,10,20,20") $ convert -fill black "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mushroom.jpg X:- Note the arcane syntax for the expansion of the environmental variable g. You must use the quotes, otherwise it does not work as desired. > -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
