> -----Original Message----- > From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John A. > Sullivan III > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:45 AM > To: Netfilter users list > Subject: [OT] Strange bash phenomenon > > Case #1 > ------- > FILES=/etc/config/iptables* > > [ snipped ] > > Case #2 > ------- > FILES=$(echo /etc/config/iptables*) > > Any ideas why the latter one works fine but the other does not? Just > curious. Hi John, It has to do when the shell does the expansion. In the first case when you assign 'FILES=', you're assigning it the string and it's not expanded by the shell. If you want to change the behavior, you can do this: FILES=${/etc/config/iptables*} btw, Ilove the ${FILES%% *} trick. I didn't know about it. The shell is quite nifty. -pablo
