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On 04/16/2010 10:33 AM, DavidArnstein AT panix DOT com wrote:
> Thank you Robert Pendell! I wrote this shell script. Any suggestions
> for optimization?
>=20
> #!/bin/bash
> if [ $# -eq 1 ]
> then
>         echo "Usage: elev program arg1 arg2 ..."
>         exit 1
> fi
> prog=3D"$1"

In assignment, there is no field splitting, so "" is redundant; this is
equivalent:

prog=3D$1

> shift
> exec cygstart --action=3Drunas `which "$prog"` "$@"

You are missing some quotes, and might as well use nicer quoting styles:

exec cygstart --action=3Drunas "$(which "$prog") "$@"

--=20
Eric Blake   eblake AT redhat DOT com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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