[techtalk] whiptail and Strin problem

Audin Malmin amalmin at halcyon.com
Wed Apr 12 10:13:09 EST 2000


On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 07:19:26PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> How can I make Quotes in a String ???

> Item1="0 Midnight Commander  off "

> It does not work, because:

> --checklist "$Text" 15 40 7 0 "Midnight Commander" off 
>                               ^                  ^
>                               |                  |
>                              here must be Quotes !!

	Escape them...like this:

	Item1="0 \"Midnight Commander\" off "

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                                            Audin Malmin - amalmin at halcyon.com





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