Bash Scripting Problem

[charles f. zeitler]

--- Thomas Kappelmueller <tkappelmueller at thomas-krenn.com> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I hope this place is ok to ask this question.
> I am using Fedora 8.
> 
> Example:
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> COMMAND='ls "test dir 1"'

bash will "expand" what's between double quotes,
so it considers the spaces as seperators
(like on the command-line). try:
COMMAND='ls "test\ dir\ 1"'

> 
> $COMMAND #have tried $($COMMAND), '$COMMAND'
> 
> It always cuts it in half at the spaces.
> 
> Error msg:
> ls: cannot access "test: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access dir: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access 1": No such file or directory
> 
> What am i not seeing?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> -T
> 
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