Why do I get an error when commands stored in the variable is being executed?
Issue
- Why do I get an error when commands stored in the variable are being executed?
[example.sh]
#!/bin/sh
CMDSTR=$*
$CMDSTR
exit 0
Example Output:
# ./example.sh "( cd /tmp ; pwd ; ls -la )"
./example.sh: line 4: (: command not found
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux All
- Shell
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