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From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: Pb with bash script under cygwin
Date:	Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:10:49 +0100
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On 19 June 2006 12:45, ydubost wrote:

> Hello there,
> 
> I have been working on a very simple script for 3 hours not been able to
> understand what's wrong with it.

  Run it under "bash -x" to see what's actually being executed and so what's
going wrong.


> TYPE_FIC_UPPER="._BC ._CH ._CL ._CM ._DF ._DL ._EV ._FL ._GR ._HL ._IS ._MB
> ._MM ._MP ._OV ._PR ._SN ._SY ._TI ._TR"
> TYPE_FIC_LOWER="._bc ._ch ._cl ._cm ._df ._dl ._ev ._fl ._gr ._hl ._is ._mb
> ._mm ._mp ._ov ._pr ._sn ._sy ._ti ._tr"
> TYPELIST=${TYPE_FIC_UPPER}" "${TYPE_FIC_LOWER}
> 
> Extension=$(echo ${TYPELIST} | sed -e's:[ ][.]:" -o -name "*.:g' | sed
> -e's:^[.]:-name ":' | sed -e's:$:":')
> MaCommande="find . ${Extension} -exec rm {} \; -print"
> 
> echo -e " - lancement de la commande=\n[${MaCommande}]\n" # display OK !
> 
> $(${MaCommande}) # ne fonctionne pas !
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  Don't you just want "${MaCommande}" on it's own?  Or "$(echo ${MaCommande})"
perhaps?

> find . ${Extension} -exec rm {} \; -print # ne fonctionne pas non plus !

  Do any of the filenames or subdirectories have spaces or other special
characters?


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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