Re: Questions about commandline-args

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011, Christopher Roy Bratusek wrote:

> On Friday 11 November 2011 19:32:51 Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Christopher Roy Bratusek wrote:
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I've got a question about commandline args, imagine:
> > >
> > > personal_function ab{c,d}
> > >
> > > personal_function will receive abc and abd.
> > > Is there a way to make it receive ab{c,d}
> > > instead (without chaning the arguement itself)?
> >
> >     Quote it: personal_function "ab{c,d}"
>
> Hmm.. right. But is there a way to achieve that without quoting?

   If it is not quoted, the shell will expand it before your script
   even sees it.

> Maybe some trap (just like for "do X before bash exists")?

   If you are calling a function, bash already exists.

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   Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
   Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)