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acura

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Registered: 2007-07-08

Posts: 21

Run find from variable (bash, sh)

Why does this work:

f="find ."
$f

And this not?

f="find . -name '*'"
$f

In the first working case I get something from find.
In the second gives nothing. It have nothing to do with dash/minus since f="find . -type f" works fine.

acura

Member

Registered: 2007-07-08

Posts: 21

Re: Run find from variable (bash, sh)

Seems to be the same with:

NAME="-name '*'"
find . $NAME

acura

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Registered: 2007-07-08

Posts: 21

Re: Run find from variable (bash, sh)

Seems like it have something to do with this: http://serverfault.com/questions/707269 … n-variable

WorMzy

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Re: Run find from variable (bash, sh)

Please use the edit button instead of repeatedly bumping your topic.

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