Re: Questions about commandline-args

[Christopher Roy Bratusek]

On Saturday 12 November 2011 02:02:01 Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> 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.

I meant exits, like:

trap 'printf %s "$PWD" > $HOME/.lastpwd' EXIT

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