Re: scripting problem: vi and multiple arguments

["Michael Barnes" <mibarnes@xxxxxx>]

use $EDFILES as an array, im not sure how that gets set but do something
like

EDFILES=(*.c)
EDFILES=($EDFILES *.h)
then

vi $EDFILES

will do what you like, it will expand to a list of values and not one
string.

look under the zsh parameters manual or info section for more info.

Mike

On Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 03:25:18PM -0500, Jason Price wrote:
> I'm writing a front end to RCS.  (very very small) to deal with people
> being forgetful about removing file locks.
> 
> I want to parse the command line to the script like this:
> 
> rvi file1 file2...
> 
> And then I want to call vi like this:
> 
> vi file1 file2
> 
> however, as I loop through the arguments to rvi, unlocking as needed, yadda 
> yadda, I build a variable called $EDFILES
> 
> then I call 
> 
> vi $EDFILES
> 
> however, zsh is sending all of $EDFILES to vi as one string to argv[1].  I
> want each entry in $EDFILES to be a seperate entry into argv.
> 
> How can I do this?
> 
> Should I build $EDFILES differently?
> 
> I could do:
> 
> for i in $EDFILES; do
>    vi $i
> done
> 
> but that would be different from how vi works with multiple files, and I
> want this to be as seamless as possible....
> 
> RTFM's welcome with a pointer to the right FM.
> 
> Thanks for any help;
> Jason
> 
> -- 
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> Jason Price          jprice@xxxxxxxxxx          Theta Xi, Beta Alpha 449