[TriLUG] RE with bash

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

the answer is trivial (RTFM, Q14)

http://home.comcast.net/~j.p.h/cus-faq-2.html#14

> echo "directories=$directories"
>
>    gives
>
> directories=A|Flash\ Player|foo

don't go putting '\' in a filename. Instead stop the shell 
from doing filename expansion

# directories=A|Flash Player|foo

# set -f; IFS="|"; for directory in $directories; do echo $directory; cd $directory; cd -; done

cd's just fine to Flash Player

Joe

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