On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 06:57:16AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
An example of what I am trying to do:
eval echo -e \\tGetting files from ${MIRROR_URL[$STARTIDX]} $LOG_FILE
I don't know what you're trying to do with eval and the bare $LOG_FILE
thing here, but I'd use just printf:
Howard == Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Howard An example of what I am trying to do: eval echo -e \\tGetting
Howard files from ${MIRROR_URL[$STARTIDX]} $LOG_FILE
Howard \t certainly doesn't work, but I would have expected \\t to
Howard have put a tab character into the output stream,
An example of what I am trying to do:
eval echo -e \\tGetting files from ${MIRROR_URL[$STARTIDX]} $LOG_FILE
\t certainly doesn't work, but I would have expected \\t to have put a
tab character into the output stream, but it only outputs t
Any suggestions?
--
Howard.
LANNet Computing
Howard Lowndes wrote:
An example of what I am trying to do:
eval echo -e \\tGetting files from ${MIRROR_URL[$STARTIDX]} $LOG_FILE
This should be
eval echo -e $'\t'Getting files $LOG_FILE
\t certainly doesn't work, but I would have expected \\t to have put a
tab character into the
