Re: spaces

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

args=( -a1 --arg "2 3 4" )
app "${args[@]}"

1 element 1 arg

no flat text args, for this u need eval or suches

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 10:56 Pascal <patatetom@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
>
> I use yad to provide a graphical user interface to some command line
> programs.
> yad can require a lot of options so, for more visibility, I define these
> options in variables like this :
>
> yad_general_options="
> --title=title
> --sticky
> --center
> --icon=icon
> "
> yad_progress_options="
> --progress
> --pulsate
> "
> yad_success_options="
> --image=success
> --button=Ok
> "
>
> and I call yad like this :
>
> yad $yad_general_options $yad_progress_options --text="the nice text"
> yad $yad_general_options $yad_success_options --text="the operation was a
> success"
>
> everything works fine as long as no option incorporates a space.
> what if I want to put "my nice title" in the --title option ?
> I tried a lot of combinations based on \ and $ but nothing works :-(
>
> regards, lacsaP.
>