Unespected "%97" as output

[gaudiobe]

I have a script that cript my codes.

It works correctly for a lot of code but it have some problems on the codes that contain the space caracter.

This script execute a java program that cript my code.

I launch the script eith the following command:
....
Var2="ABCD XY"
/opt/java6/bin/java CriptProgr "${Var2}"
....


If I run the script I get an output like this
asdf%97oe

If I run the command by command line

Example:
# /opt/java6/bin/java CriptProgr "ABCD XY"
asdf oe
#

The second result is what I need.
But I need to have this resylt running a script and I didn't understand why I have "%97" in the result.

[VK2COT]

Hello,

Check the environment variables from the command line and compare them with what your script uses.

That would probably highlight some
differences (like TERM, LANG or other
variables).

Cheers,

VK2COT

[Dennis Handly]

I don't see any difference in the variable vs quoted string case.

[gaudiobe]

I tryied to set the environment variable like the shell environment variable but the result is the same.

what does it means "%97" character?

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

It looks like your Java program is interpreting the space as a separation of parsed fields. The use of double quotes in the definition of script-level variables behave different from command prompt. Try this inside your script:

Var2="\"ABCD XY\""

By this way we try to force to always have double quotes inside the variable Var2.

Rgds.

[Dennis Handly]

>what does it means "%97" character?

I've seen that in HTML as an escape for hex 97.

[gaudiobe]

Not working.

I bypassed the problem using sed.

opt/java6/bin/java CriptProgr "${Var2}" | sed 's/%97/ /g'

But I still didn't understand why on command line I have a result as output and I have a different result if I run it inside the script.

Another things that I would like to understand is why "%97" appear inside the output and what it means.

Regards,
BG

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi again,

I guess that %97 code is not produced by your script, it is an output from Java execution.

Try execute this from your promt to check if obtains the same script behavior:
#/opt/java6/bin/java CriptProgr ABCD XY

Rgds.

[gaudiobe]

I tried to do the following:

CodeTest="${Var2}"
echo "CodeTest=${CodeTest}" >> ${LogFile}


If I look the output in ${LogFile} i can read the following output:
CodeTest=asdf%20oe

If I did the same thing with double quote:
CodeTest="\"${Var2}\""
echo "CodeTest=${CodeTest}" >> ${LogFile}

output:
CodeTest="asdf%20oe"

[Jose Mosquera]

Inside the script, Where Var2 value come from?
Could you show us the script content?

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

>If I look the output in ${LogFile}: CodeTest=asdf%20oe

I assume you just used more or cat on ${LogFile}?

It seems you have %20 in Var2. What does this show:
echo ":$Var2:"

Where did Var2 get set?

[gaudiobe]

# echo ":$Var2:"

:ABCD%20XY:

[gaudiobe]

echo ":$Var2:" >> ${LogFile}

output in LogFile:
...
:ABCD%20XY:
...

[Dennis Handly]

>:ABCD%20XY:

This bogus %20 is why you get that %97. So where do you set Var2? From some web page?

[gaudiobe]

Var2 was passed to the script as parameter.
The application launch the following command:

ScriptName.sh "ABCD%20XY"

I used sed to clean the %20.

I checked and %97 is the result of:
opt/java6/bin/java CriptProgr "%20"

regards
BG