On 08/18/2010 03:08 PM, mikeyzman wrote: >> It worked for me: >> >> $ m4 >> define(`number',`esyscmd(`/bin/bash -c "printf \"$RANDOM\""')')dnl >> number >> 24246 >> number >> 4597 >> number >> 17644
Bah. Problem of quoting. "" interpolates within the outer shell, so you _also_ need to escape the $ to have it make it to the inner shell. define(`number',`esyscmd(`/bin/bash -c "printf \"\$RANDOM\""')')dnl That's why I like [] better than `' when mixing m4 with shell, because '' quoting is easier than "" quoting for writing bash -c 'do-this' one-liners. -- Eric Blake [email protected] +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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