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MegaArcon · Jun 28th, 2006, 1:48 PM

Hi all!

I've got a little bash script that basically takes my directory path to the "My Documents" folder. Instead of the space, I've inserted a special sequence that I want replaced with "\ " so that I can cd into that directory. However, I get an interesting result.

Here's the Script:

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#!/bin/bash
MYDIR=/users/cs/study/gordon/MyxyXYWhitespacEYXyxDocuments
MYDIR=${MYDIR//xyXYWhitespacEYXyx/\\\ }
echo $MYDIR
cd $MYDIR
ls

Here's the output when I run my file:

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/users/cs/study/gordon/My\ Documents
./test: line 5: cd: /users/cs/study/gordon/My\: No such file or directory

So the echo shows that the "\ " was put into the variable, but when I try and cd into it, it cuts off at the "My\". Does the string substitution put in something unique instead of just a whitespace? Am I using this correctly?

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Jun 28th, 2006, 1:48 PM	#1
MegaArcon Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 66 Rep Power: 0	String Substiution. Whitespace? Hi all! I've got a little bash script that basically takes my directory path to the "My Documents" folder. Instead of the space, I've inserted a special sequence that I want replaced with "\ " so that I can cd into that directory. However, I get an interesting result. Here's the Script: (Toggle Plain Text) #!/bin/bash MYDIR=/users/cs/study/gordon/MyxyXYWhitespacEYXyxDocuments MYDIR=${MYDIR//xyXYWhitespacEYXyx/\\\ } echo $MYDIR cd $MYDIR ls #!/bin/bash MYDIR=/users/cs/study/gordon/MyxyXYWhitespacEYXyxDocuments MYDIR=${MYDIR//xyXYWhitespacEYXyx/\\\ } echo $MYDIR cd $MYDIR ls Here's the output when I run my file: (Toggle Plain Text) /users/cs/study/gordon/My\ Documents ./test: line 5: cd: /users/cs/study/gordon/My\: No such file or directory /users/cs/study/gordon/My\ Documents ./test: line 5: cd: /users/cs/study/gordon/My\: No such file or directory So the echo shows that the "\ " was put into the variable, but when I try and cd into it, it cuts off at the "My\". Does the string substitution put in something unique instead of just a whitespace? Am I using this correctly? Thanks in advance for any insight. __________________ Isn't that just the way life goes? If it's worth doing, it's NP-Hard. Todd Wareham - Memorial University of Newfoundland