[NTLUG:Discuss] Help with script

[Eric Schnoebelen]

Leroy Tennison writes:
- I'm attempting to "wrap" HTML around a script's output in order to make
- the output "pretty" but I also need to output the "real" commands in the
- script (but not the ones doing the "beautification").  My current
- attempt looks like:
- 
-     function pretty {
-     echo "<tr><td>" $@ "</td></tr><tr><td>"
-     $@
-     echo "</td></tr>"
-     }

Change to:
	function pretty {
		echo "<tr><td>" "$@" "</td></tr></tr><td>"
		eval "$@"
		echo "</td></tr>
	}

eval has the effect of creating a shell environment for the
command to be interpreted and executed in. And providing the
output and status back to the calling environment.

- It seems that $@ has to be an executable program, nothing else works. 
- Executing the script with -v or -x doesn't add much except parts of the
- command are being quoted.  Any one know how to solve this problem?  Much
- thanks.


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