Re: [Help-bash] storing a command in a variable

[John Kearney]

Am 12.04.2013 20:14, schrieb address@hidden:
> Often I do something like
>
> cmd="command arg"
> echo "${cmd}" >>my_log
> eval "${cmd}" 2>&1 >>my_log
>
> and many times I have read on this list that storing a command in a
> variable is a bad thing to do
> What is a better/safer way of doing this
>
> Richard
>
I normally advise

run_cmd() {
    local RValue=0
    printf "%q" "address@hidden"; echo
    "address@hidden" || RValue=$?
    [ ${RValue} = 0  ] || echo "Returned (${RValue}) ${*}"
    return ${RValue}
}

run_cmd command arg