Re: [newbie] help with bash command
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 08:12:06PM -0800, Eric Huff wrote: I am trying to get a script to work. It is much more complicated than this, but i have boiled it down to this to debug it: command='dodge plymouth' echo $command snip But when the mhmail line runs, it apears to seperate at the space: ~/a/_linux/A_mandrake/mailinglist $ ./remove.bash dodge plymouth post: bad address 'plymouth' - missing mailbox ( ymouth), continuing... post: 1 address unparsable /usr/lib/nmh/post: exit 1 Letter saved in dead.letter mhmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -subject dodge plymouth -from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -body works fine, so i know it is in the $command part... Quote $command mhmail to -subject $command ... Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] help with bash command
command='dodge plymouth' But when the mhmail line runs, it apears to seperate at the space: mhmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -subject dodge plymouth -from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -body Quote $command mhmail to -subject $command ... Todd, somehow i figured you would have the answer. You are definitely the bash-man! I swear i even had that typed in once, but was sure it would make the subject be $command. Thanks for the help, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] help with bash command
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:38:03PM -0800, Eric Huff wrote: Quote $command mhmail to -subject $command ... Todd, somehow i figured you would have the answer. You are definitely the bash-man! I swear i even had that typed in once, but was sure it would make the subject be $command. Thanks for the help, No prob; when I first started with bash I ran into a lot of problems with spaces--in filenames, in lines of a file. I asked a bunch of questions in comp.unix.shell and while I'm not really sure I understand variable expansion and all that stuff, I have a few scripts for these situations that I keep relying on. Now how did I do that? Hopefully after a little more playing around I internalize it and just know it, like learning a foreign language. t Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
