topic Re: Scripting Issue in Operating System - HP-UX

Scripting Issue

Dewa Negara_4 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:24:39 GMT

Hi All,

Please help on the scripting issue below:

[root@sihp8039:/var/opt/soeg/rpt]
# MSGMSG="21 - /var/opt/secu/log/root/* access is protected"

[root@sihp8039:/var/opt/soeg/rpt]
# echo $MSGMSG
21 - /var/opt/secu/log/root/remsh.log /var/opt/secu/log/root/su.log access is protected

That is not what I want. My expected output result as below.
# echo $MSGMSG
21 - /var/opt/secu/log/root/* access is protected

How to get that's output?

Thanks and Regards,
Negara

Re: Scripting Issue

Jose Mosquera — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:36:45 GMT

Hi,

Just disable the shell's file name generation (globbing), use "set -f". You can set and unset this option as often as required.

Rgds.

Re: Scripting Issue

Dewa Negara_4 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:01:56 GMT

Hi Jose,

Thanks for help. If I use "set -f", how to enable back the filename generation?

[root@sihp8039:/root]
# set -f

[root@sihp8039:/root]
# MSGMSG="21 - /var/opt/secu/log/root/* access is protected"

[root@sihp8039:/root]
# echo $MSGMSG
21 - /var/opt/secu/log/root/* access is protected

Thanks and Regards,
Negara

Re: Scripting Issue

Jose Mosquera — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:07:51 GMT

Hi,

Please try "set +f"

Rgds

Re: Scripting Issue

Dewa Negara_4 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:14:16 GMT

I got it. Thanks for your great help.

Re: Scripting Issue

Dennis Handly — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:58:34 GMT

>How to get that output?

It is easier to quote it than to turn off globbing:
echo "$MSGMSG"

Another reason for quoting is to maintain multiple spaces.