On Friday 30 December 2005 02:25 pm, Ed Shaw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just new to this stuff and can't figure it out.
>
>
> Now I have done the same thing in a make file:
>
> Contents of t.mak:
>
> #!/bin/sh
^^^^
Get rid of this.
>
> test:
> for i in one two three; do echo "$i"; done
>
>
>
> So, the shell program works and echos out one two three. The make
> file echos out 3 blank lines. Why?
>
I know this *must* be documented somewhere...
The i variable is not a make variable, but a shell variable. You need to
escape it with two $s. That is,
for i in one two three; do echo $$i; done
--Eric
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