[ale] string escaping - part 2 - didn't work

[Christopher Bergeron]

Didn't work.  But I do appreciate the help.  I have the workaround so it's
working, but I'd like to clean up the code and figure out why this isn't
working...




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> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Wandered
> Inn
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:16 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] string escaping - part 2
>
>
> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> >
> > Everyone, thanks for the help!  Here's the bizarre thing:  When
> I echo that
> > to a file it works properly, but when I send it to a command, it fails.
> > Here is the script:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > d=`date +%D`
> > t="'text 50,50 \"$d\"'"
> > mogrify -draw $t /root/jet/max.gif
>
> Try mogrify -draw "$t" /root/jet/max.gif
>
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ should work (but doesn't)
>
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