Re: [PLUG] Building a command from variables in BASH

["Paul L. Snyder" <plsnyder@drexel.edu>]

Sorry, should have proof-read before sending.  Two corrections:

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Paul L. Snyder wrote:

> Or, we could have quoting go the other way, using 'q', which adds a level
> of quoting (using backquotes):
> 
>   zsh% g ${(q)A}
>   First: -3\ 4-   Second: --

That's backSLASHes, obviously.

> And for a last example, we can perform sensible splitting based on the
> quoting inside the envvar:
> 
>   zsh% D="8 \"9 0\""
>   zsh% g ${(z)D}
>   First: -8-   Second: -"9 0"-
>   zsh% g ${(Q)${(z)D}
>   First: -9'   Second: -9 0-

That final output should be 

  First: -8-   Second: -9 0-

Paul
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