He ------Original Message------ From: Alex Schuster To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org ReplyTo: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] bash script error Sent: 9 May 2011 11:36
Kfir Lavi writes: > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Xi Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > > > On 2011-05-09, Xi Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > >> My script looks like: > > >> > > >> url="http://mypage"; > > >> curl_opts="-x ''" > > >> curl $url -d \"mydata\" $curl_opts > > >> > > >> If I execute it, I got an error from curl, saying it cannot resolve > > >> the proxy ''. > > >> > > >> But If I modify the script to: > > >> > > >> url="http://mypage"; > > >> curl $url -d \"mydata\" -x '' > > >> > > >> It works fine. > > >> > > >> I guess there's something wrong with the argument expansion. Just do > > >> not know how to fix it. Please help. Do as you tried first, but add an eval: eval curl "$url" -d \"mydata\" $curl_opts > > I have replied you before. > > What I have sent you is the solution to your problems. > Try to run what I told you. > I ran it successfully on my comp. > curl_opts=-x "" This gives a "command not found" error, as bash tries to execute the empty command "". Are you using another shell? Wonko Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
