Re: problem with echoing script variable to gpg

[Patrick Waugh]

Thanks.  Amazingly, I got it figured out shortly after, and works like
a charm now.

Patrick

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> wrote:
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> According to pwaugh on 12/18/2008 1:49 AM:
>> digest = $( echo -n ${1} | gpg --print-md sha1 )
>> echo digest
>>
>> I do not get the same value!!!!  I have no clue why.  Help.
>
> Too much whitespace, and a misunderstanding about how shell variables
> work.  You want:
>
> digest=$( echo -n "$1" | gpg --print-md sha1 )
> echo "$digest"
>
> - --
> Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
>
> Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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