[TxMt] export property list keys as BASH variables

[Hans-Joerg Bibiko]

On 20 Nov 2006, at 11:58, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On 20. Nov 2006, at 11:10, Hans-Joerg Bibiko wrote:
>
>> to avoid the ! error you can use '' instead of "" but then it  
>> complicates a bit the BASH function
> ...
> Why you can’t escape it in a double-quoted string is weird, one  
> solution though would be to escape it by first closing the string,  
> i.e.: echo "foo"\!" bar".
>
> As for arrays and sub-shells, I think you mean sub-processes, i.e.  
> the array cannot be exported to new processes you launch from the  
> shell (since arrays are bash-only), but would that matter? If you  
> start a new process, chances are that process is a scripting  
> language that can parse property lists.
>
>

Well, that's right. I guess each script language can parse plist by  
itself, but I find it quite convient to export also an BASH array and  
you will simplify your script, e.g. if you want to write an bash  
inline script command à la perl -e ''.


Nevertheless I will add an option to exportpl to export an array as a  
string which will be exported.
On the other hand I just check for escaping some characters for bash.

The new version will come soon.


Best,

Hans