Re: Commands executed with $($prog) do not run properly

[Hans-Georg Bork]

Hi,

On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:51 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 03:09:08AM +0100, Hans-Georg Bork wrote:
> > $ prog='find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"'
> > $ echo $prog
> > find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"
> > $ echo "$($prog)"
> > /test
> > /test/c
> > /test/b
> > /test/d
> > /test/a
> > $ 
> 
> This is an error in your script, not in bash.  You're passing literal
> double-quotes as part of an argument to find.  find is therefore looking
> for files that have double-quotes in their name.

if this is true, then please explain the differences between
        $ find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"
(/test not shown)
and
        $ prog='find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"'
        $ echo $prog
        find /test -type d ! -wholename "/test"
        $ echo "$($prog)"
(/test shown)
(more results in original mail)


> If you wanted those double-quotes to be interpreted by bash, you would
> have to use eval.  Of course, your double-quotes are not actually
> necessary in this example.  Chances are you've obfuscated the original
> code....

This were indeed just a simple example, the script where I use this set
a complex find command with several -wholename options and there is also
whitespace and wildcards in them. IMHO I'd need double-quotes with it;
it is also explained that way in the man page of find.

Thanks in advance.
 
Regards
        --hgb