To remove single quotes in a ksh script use eval (it is
prefixed to a comand). To remove double quotes or parse a line in words, use
the comand set word1 word2 word3 .... Then you have access to the words as
variables $1 $2 $3 etc. or
line="word1 word2 ..."
set $line
echo $1 etc.
> > Okay. I have another question regarding variables and scripts. But
> > before
> > I ask this one, just wondering if anyone knows the answer to my previous
> > question?. How do you remove preceding spaces in a variable? Meaning if
> > I
> > have a variable that looks like this
> > ' TRUE', but all I really need is just the word
> > TRUE. How do I get rid of the spaces before the word?
> >
> > My other question is if my script is reading a text file and processing
> > each line, how do I parse out each word on that line and assign it to a
> > variable? For example, the line looks like this: 'resourcename Jan 15
> > 10:00:00 EST 1999' and I just want to capture 'resourcename' and assign it
> > to one variable and capture '10:00:00' and assign it to another variable.
> >
> > BTW....In case anyone is wondering, I do have a Korn Shell programming
> > book, but I can't seem to find this information in there. I'm sure its
> > there, in some form, but is it english? Thanks for all the
> > help..................Lucy
> >
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