[HPADM] Re: Outputting blanks in a variable - Solution

From: Buddy Mills (ramill_at_wm.edu)
Date: 05/24/05

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Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:27:46 -0400

    RE: [HPADM] Outputting blanks in a variableThanks to the following people that responded to my question.

    Richard Wright
    Roy Kidder
    Andy Cranston
    Shyam Hazari

    Here was the "duh" simple solution

    echo $test"$name"$test2

    There was a solution using typeset that I found interesting and will try when I have more time.

    Thanks all.

    Buddy Mills
    The College of William and Mary
    757-221-2099 ramill@wm.edu
         I am trying to send a string of variable to a file used later in second program. The second program is expecting to see each variable in a certain position(s) The problem arises when I have a variable that is a random length.
       
      Example
      test=`cat /kfile|cut -c5-11`
      name=`cat /kfile|cut -c12-42`
      test2=`cat /kfile|cut -c1-4`
        
      kfile
      testtest012lastname,firstm (name,firstm varies)
        
      echo $test$name$test2 > newfile
        
      When $name varies in size, even thought I cut the same position including blanks, the blanks are not represented in the outputfile (newfile) which then put "test2" in the wrong position.

       
      I have done this before, but have since misplace the solution.
        
      Thanks in advance,
        
      Buddy Mills
      The College of William and Mary
      757-221-2099 ramill@wm.edu 

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