On 1/13/22 09:43, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Thursday 13 January 2022 at 15:07:22, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 05:45:08PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
>
>>> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ cat -n /etc/fstab | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
>>>
>>> 1 UUID=730eaf92
>>> 2 UUID=41abb5fd
>>> 3 UUID=96cfdfb3
>>> 4 UUID=6F66-BF7
>>> 5 tmpfs /tmp tm
>>>
>>> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ "cat -n" /etc/fstab | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
>>> bash: cat -n: command not found
>>>
>>> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ "cat -n /etc/fstab" | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
>>> bash: cat -n /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
>>
>> So if it has parameters it's a command, and if it diesn't it's just
>> a file or directory?
>
> It looks a good deal more complicated than that...
>
> $ "cat /etc/fstab"
> bash: cat /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
>
> $ "cat fstab"
> bash: cat fstab: command not found
>
> I have no idea what's really going on here.
>
>
> Antony.
>
Really very simple. Bash interprets the string in total. It does not
parse it for content prior to attempting to execute it. To do that, you
need to change the context:
eval "cat /etc/fstab"
This behavior is well documented on the Bash man page and in all books
on shell programming. It is also true for other P-code or interpreted
languages such as Perl.
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those who cannot, are fools,
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