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Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

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On Sat 02 Mar 2019 at 21:48:26 (-0500), deb wrote:
> On 3/2/19 8:07 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 07:56:58PM -0500, deb wrote:
> > >     This has to be simple and I'm just missing it.
> > > 
> > >     If I pull a filename from a temp file into a variable, I can ls it fine.
> > > 
> > >     If I cut off the extension, and tack on my own SAME EXT, ls no longer
> > >     works.
> > > 
> > >     (The actual script is more elaborate, loading vlc , etc -- but this
> > >     summarizes & shows my issue)
> > > 
> > >     # mp4file.txt holds just 'long file with spaces.mp4'
> > > 
> > >     fname=$(<mp4file.txt)
> > > 
> > >     # echo $fname shows the right filename.mp4 string
> > > 
> > >     # works
> > >     ls -al "$fname"
> > > 
> > >     # Cut off the extension.
> > >     fname=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev`
> > > 
> > >     # echo $fname shows the filename sans '.mp4'
> > > 
> > >     # THIS LS FAILS, WITH FILE NOT FOUND (but actually reports the exact
> > >     string that worked above, but not being found here).
> > > 
> > >     ls -al "$fname".mp4
> > > 
> > >     ls: cannot access 'long file with spaces.mp4': No such file or directory
> > > 
> > I cannot replicate the behavior you describe.  Here is how it looks for
> > me:
> > 
> > root@chroot:~# touch "long file with spaces.mp4"
> > root@chroot:~# echo "long file with spaces.mp4" >mp4file.txt
> > root@chroot:~# cat mp4file.txt
> > long file with spaces.mp4
> > root@chroot:~# ls -l
> > total 4
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  0 Mar  3 01:02 long file with spaces.mp4
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26 Mar  3 01:02 mp4file.txt
> > root@chroot:~# fname=$(<mp4file.txt)
> > root@chroot:~# ls -al "$fname"
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar  3 01:02 long file with spaces.mp4
> > root@chroot:~# fname=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev`
> > root@chroot:~# ls -al "$fname".mp4
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar  3 01:02 long file with spaces.mp4
> > 
> > What version of bash are you using?
> > 
> > >     ------------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > >     It is not:
> > > 
> > >     * a special character thing,
> > > 
> > >     * a carriage return thing,
> > > 
> > >     * a character case thing,
> > > 
> > >     * not helped with './' or '~/' added in front of the filename.
> > > 
> > >     * It's the same string in both spots.
> > > 
> > >     Any thoughts folks?
> > > 
> > I am not sure about the overall problem, but I can say I would replace
> > this:
> > 
> > fname=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev`
> > 
> > with this:
> > 
> > fname=$(basename "$fname" .mp4)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > -Roberto
> > 
> *
> *
> 
> *Thank you Roberto.*
> 
> 
> # Cut off the extension.
> # fname=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev`
> 
> fname=$(basename "$fname" .mp4)
> 
> ^ this does work for the *ls*, but I do not know that it will be a .mp4.
> 
> 
> (It could be a .mkv, .webm, .ogg, .mp4, etc.)
> 
> What is certain is the filename to  the left of the final '.'.
> 
> So I was building up the different choices to file test for, hence the
> fname=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev`
> 
> I'm running:
> 
> cat /etc/issue
> 9.8
> 
> bash --version
> GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

Let's see:

wren!david 22:48:49 /tmp $ fname=$(<mp4file.txt)
wren!david 22:48:59 /tmp $ ls -la "$fname"
-rw-r----- 1 david david 0 Mar  2 22:48  long file with spaces.mp4
wren!david 22:49:10 /tmp $ fname=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev`
wren!david 22:49:23 /tmp $ ls -la "$fname".mp4
ls: cannot access 'long file with spaces.mp4': No such file or directory
2 wren!david 22:49:35 /tmp $ 

Here are the preceding two lines:

wren!david 22:48:23 /tmp $ touch ' long file with spaces.mp4'
wren!david 22:48:25 /tmp $ echo ' long file with spaces.mp4' > mp4file.txt

I notice that you haven't actually pasted your own session in the OP,
so we don't really know what strings you were manipulating.

Cheers,
David.

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Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I  missing? deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-03 02:00 +0100
  Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am  I missing? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-03-03 02:10 +0100
    re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I  missing? deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-03 03:50 +0100
      re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am  I missing? "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2019-03-03 04:40 +0100
        [SOLVED] Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple.  What am I missing? deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-03 16:10 +0100
      Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am  I missing? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-03 06:10 +0100
        Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-03-03 08:50 +0100
          Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am  I missing? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-03 16:40 +0100
            Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-03-03 18:50 +0100
            Greg: Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple.  What am I missing? deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-04 14:40 +0100
            Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am  I missing? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-03-04 14:40 +0100
          [SOLVED II] (Thomas) Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must  be simple. What am I missing? deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-03 19:20 +0100
            Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-03-03 22:50 +0100
            Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am  I missing? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-04 09:40 +0100
              David - Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple.  What am I missing? deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-04 15:10 +0100
                Re: David - Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be  simple. What am I missing? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-03-04 15:40 +0100

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