On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 17:54, Ron Franke wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I'm having a strange problem with a bash script when trying to cd with a
> $variable. A simple example script follows. The issue is on the line
> with cd ${copydir}. I'm wondering if there is a bash issue or something
> in my environment that I'm missing. I have RedHat 8.0 and use the update
> service and have picked up all updates, I believe.
>
> Your thoughts on this would be appreciated.
>
> Ron
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> copydir=/home/ron/copy/
> echo ${copydir}
>
> pwd
> cd copy
> pwd
> cd ..
> pwd
> cd ${copydir}
> pwd
> cd ~
> pwd
>
>
> The following is output from the script with the error
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ron]$ test.sh
> /home/ron/copy/
> /home/ron
> /home/ron/copy
> /home/ron
> : No such file or directoryme/ron/copy/
> /home/ron
> /home/ron
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ron]$
>
There must be some funny non printing char in there somewhere.
I cut and pasted right from your email and changed the dir and it worked
fine.
It might not be a bad idea to quote the string. as a rule I do.
Bret
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