Hi guys,
can someome help with this question, I have defined a function that takes a command as a parameter, but when the command is executed from the function it will throw errors because what I believe is a special character escaping issue. I tried using the backslash to escape the pipe | and > signs but still got the same error
function execlocal {
echo "Running CMD:\"$*\""
$*
STATUS=$?
}
CMD='ls -l | grep pl > out 2>&1'
execlocal $CMD
error:
ls: \|: No such file or directory
can someome help please?
my shell is bash.
Thanks