m ike wrote: > this > > convert -draw "line 10,10,20,20" text.jpg out.jpg > > draws a line on the image from 10,10 to 20,20 > > so does this: > > g="line 10,10,20,20" > convert -draw "$g" text.jpg out.jpg > > but this chokes: > > g='-draw "line 10,10,20,20"' > echo $g > convert $g text.jpg out.jpg > > appearantly convert is seeing "line 10,10,20,20" as two > arguments, divided at the space. > > I'm at a loss. any ideas?
Use a better shell: in zsh: % g=(-draw "line 10,10,20,20"); convert -fill black $g mushroom.jpg X:- That makes a pretty diagonal line, just as you expect. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
