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Pimp Daddy · Aug 28th, 2006, 11:26 AM

I have this bash script:

#! /bin/bash
# Script which shows how many Microsoft programs are 
# on the computer.

PTH="C:\Program Files"
cd $PTH
ls -1 | grep "Microsoft" | wc -l

exit

When I run it in Cygwin, I get this:

Quote:

$ ./Microsoft.sh
./Microsoft.sh: line 6: cd: C:\Program: No such file or directory
1

I understand why the one is there - when the first line fails it goes onto the other one and realises this script is the only one in the present directory with 'Microsoft' in the name. However, I don't know why the script is having such a problem with the space in the PTH variable.

I've tried putting a backslash before the space, removing the quotes and a combination of both.

Another thing is, when I do

cd "C:\Program Files"

or

cd C:\Program\ Files

on the command line, both work fine. According to what I did in the script they should have failed.

How can I fix this?

hush · Aug 28th, 2006, 11:38 AM

When it calls the variable PTH it does not call it with the quotation marks as they are used to state that what is inside is a string.

Try putting another set of quotation marks inside the string.

I haven’t done scripting in a while and i got nothing to try it out on but that what it looks like from where I’m sitting.

a thing · Aug 29th, 2006, 7:38 PM

Why is the variable even there? Why isn't it just cd "C:\Program Files".

Aug 29th, 2006, 7:38 PM	#3
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Aug 28th, 2006, 11:38 AM	#2
hush Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 35 Rep Power: 0	When it calls the variable PTH it does not call it with the quotation marks as they are used to state that what is inside is a string. Try putting another set of quotation marks inside the string. I haven’t done scripting in a while and i got nothing to try it out on but that what it looks like from where I’m sitting.

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