[GRASS-user] Rename multiple sqlite columns at once

[Glynn Clements]

Moritz Lennert wrote:

> >> I think this is because of the quotes:
> >>
> >> tempcolumn="$tempcolumn""\_tmp"
> >>
> >> But actually, trying out your entire original script, I don't see
> >> where 
> >> the problem is. The attached version seems to work perfectly for me 
> >> (just slightly simplified from your original version):
> >>
> >> What exactly did not work when you tried this ?
> >>
> >> Moritz
> > 
> > Moritz,
> > thank you for your time.
> > 
> > 1. I *corrected* the double quotes and re-run the script. [Script +
> > output attached]
> 
> You still use quotes:
> tempcolumn="$tempcolumn\_tmp"
> 
> IIUC, the quotes will let the slash appear literally. So, just leave out 
> the quotes as follows:
> 
> tempcolumn=$tempcolumn\_tmp

If you just want to prevent the underscore from being treated as part
of the variable name, use braces:

	tempcolumn=${tempcolumn}_tmp

or, if the variable's value may contain spaces::

	tempcolumn="${tempcolumn}_tmp"

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>