Variables in shell script not working

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 14:16 +0100, Jef Driesen wrote:
> if [ -n "$FILENAME" ]
> then
>     SOURCE=dos2unix "$FILENAME"
> else
>     SOURCE=dos2unix
> fi

You need to wrap the variable value in quotes if it contains a space.

   SOURCE="dos2unix $FILENAME"

Here's a mini script, test, to show you:

   X=that
   Y="this $X"
   echo $Y

Run it (sh test) and you will get the correct output:

   this that

Take the double quotes out, and you'll see:

   test: 2: that: not found

Regards, K.

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