You need to use backticks (`) around ls, not single-quotes ('), to accomplish what you probably want. The script as written below works correctly.
At 04:10 PM 2/27/02 +0100, sylvain pelletier wrote: >Hi, > >I would make a little script in sh on my lrp ( dachtein version) > >and i can't do this : > >for file in 'ls' ; do > echo "$file" >done > >the echo response is: ls > >what's wrong, the problem comes from lrp??? -- ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user