[ale] Shell Scripting Question

[Charles Shapiro]

Uh, looks like it's doing exactly what you told it. Aren't computers
wonderful?

Try

echo ${first}${current_file}${middle}${end} >> /usr/local/apache2/...

-- CHS

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 11:48, Nick Travis wrote:
> I'm working on a script that creates a static webpage that lists all of
> the files in a directory, it's working fine except for one thing.  I'm
> getting a blank space when I create the line of html.
> here's the code:
> 
> > # create the html to be added to files.html
> > first="<p><a href=\"/music/"
> > middle="\" >"
> > end="</a></p>"
> >                                                                                 
> > echo $first $current_file $middle $current_file $end >> /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/music/files.html
> 
> Here's what it gives me:
> /music/ my-file
> 
> I need to get:
> /music/my-file
> 
> any thoughts?  I'm not very experienced in shell scripting, so there's probably a better way to accomplish the same thing.
> 
> Thanks
> Nick
>