Re: scripting problem: vi and multiple arguments

[Jason Price <gt5076c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Michael Barnes" <mibarnes@xxxxxx> writes:
> use $EDFILES as an array, im not sure how that gets set but do something
> like
> 
> EDFILES=(*.c)
> EDFILES=($EDFILES *.h)
> then
> 
> vi $EDFILES

Thanks... That's exactly what I needed.

I went from building EDIFLES (in the loop) like:

EDFILES=`echo "$EDFILES $i"`

to

EDFILES=($EDFILES $i)

and everything became golden.

Thanks again;
Jason

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