> thanks, tried and works.
>
>
> used sed for quoting; end result is perl-ugly:
>
> alljs=`{find -name '*.js' | 9 sed 's/''/''''/g; s/^|$/''/g' }
> or
> alljs=`{find -name '*.js' | 9 sed 's/^|$|''/&''/g' }great. glad that worked. though it is always a bit sad when one has to outwit one's tools. as you may have noticed from the example, there are some pitfalls (echo $x|wc got the wrong answer). - erik
