[ale] Shell Scripting Question

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

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.

echo ${first}${current_file}${middle}${current_file}${end}

> 
> Thanks Nick
> 
> 


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