Gaby
On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:30 AM you wrote:
> ! chunk=$arg
> ...
> ! chunk=`echo -n $arg`
What shell actually requires such an awkward construction?
Of if you wish why not write:
chunk="$arg"
or even better :-)
chunk=`echo -n "$arg"`
But I think "quotes" are only needed on argments to external
commands like 'test', not on variable assignments or echo.
Regards,
Bill Page.
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