rich@eddie.MIT.EDU (Richard Caloggero) (04/23/88)
Can anyone tell me why this script doesn't print anything?
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#!/bin/sh
set -vx
names="-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'"
find . \( $names \) -print
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It doesn't print anything!
Thanx in advance.
----- Results of running the above script ... -----
Script started on Fri Apr 22 15:40:09 1988
%
% test.sh^U
chmod a+x test.sh
% test.sh
names="-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'"
names=-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'
find . \( $names \) -print
+ find . ( -name '*.c' -o -name '*t*' ) -print
% exit
%
script done on Fri Apr 22 15:41:02 1988
Could you mail me the answers since I don't
read these groups.
--
-- Rich (rich@eddie.mit.edu).
The circle is open, but unbroken.
Merry meet, merry part,
and merry meet again.wswietse@eutrc3.UUCP (Wietse Venema) (04/24/88)
In article <8932@eddie.MIT.EDU> rich@eddie.MIT.EDU (Richard Caloggero) writes: | | | Can anyone tell me why this script doesn't print anything? | | ---------- | #!/bin/sh | set -vx | names="-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'" | find . \( $names \) -print | | ---------- | | It doesn't print anything! | Thanx in advance. Try eval: names="-name '*.c' -o -name '*t*'" eval find . \( $names \) -print -- uucp: mcvax!eutrc3!wswietse | Eindhoven University of Technology bitnet: wswietse@heithe5 | Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science surf: tuerc5::wswietse | Eindhoven, The Netherlands.