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howto include space charactere

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rvarman

rvarman

IS-IT--Management
Apr 24, 2003
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each line i a file has many space caracters.
But i'm unable to print spaces in the variables?

a="abcd"
b=" " #4 spaces
c="efgh"

echo $a$b$c > file1
gives "abcd efgh"
wheras i want,
"abcd efgh"

your help please



 
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Hi:

Place everything in double quotes:

echo "$a$b$c" > file1

Regards,


Ed
 
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