Knut Auvor Grythe wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:12:44PM +1200, Steve Wray wrote: > [snip] > Maybe you can try the magic (and horrific) quotes only-syntax? Just be > sure to write a comment about what it does. I believe the syntax is > something like this: > > someresult = ( "exec /bin/sh -c '/bin/echo baz|/bin/sed -e > \"s/^\(.*\)$/&.conf/g\"'" )
This Works!!! > If I remember correctly, "exec /" in the beginning of the string makes > it get evaluated instead of just copied. And yes, the '/' is important. > I find this syntax quite horrible, since it differs so much from the > rest of cfengine, so you should probably sheck out Marks new patch > before even considering it. ah well I don't know whether this works on the previous version, can't test that right now... but my original problem still occurs with the new patch. >>the -c yes, but I'm not sure what you mean by 'unecessary parentheses'. >>They are required for the '&' reference to work. > > > No, they are required for \1 to work. '&' is always the entire match. wow, well through this 'bug' I have learnt something about sed. Whatever frustrates you only makes you stronger, like they say! ;) -- "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies." - Groucho Marx
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