Yeah, I tried the script too and it works fine.
Carlo Aureus
On 3 Apr 2003, Bret Hughes wrote:
> 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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Ateneo de Naga University
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