Exec a Environment Variables

Asked Aug 16 '16 at 02:17

Active Aug 16 '16 at 02:20

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I set a environment vaiables and exec it

RUNSER="su -l shiyanlou -s /bin/bash -c 'codebox run /home/shiyanlou/Code' "

and

exec $RUNSER

why I get this error

run: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
run: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of fil

it read the last '???how can i fix it?

thank you

edited Aug 16 '16 at 02:20

Barmar

asked Aug 16 '16 at 02:17

Richard wei

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Try using `set -x`; it will show you what your `exec` command expands to (which is not what you think). – ruakh Aug 16 '16 at 02:20
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Quotes aren't processed after expanding variables. You need to use `eval`, not `exec`. – Barmar Aug 16 '16 at 02:20
Thank you very much,It work. – Richard wei Aug 16 '16 at 02:55
This is http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/050 – tripleee Aug 16 '16 at 03:38
Thank you @ruakh,,I know why will get this message. when I use `set -x`,I got this `RUNSER='su - shiyanlou -s /bin/bash -c '\''codebox run /home/shiyanlou/Code'\'''` – Richard wei Aug 16 '16 at 05:04

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