I want to do something like this in a bash script. I'm using bash 4.1.10.
# rm -rf /some/path/{folder1,folder2,folder3}
Works nicely (and as expected) from the shell itself. It deletes the 3 desired folders leaving all others untouched.
When I put it into script something unwanted happens. For example, my script:
#!/bin/bash
set -x
VAR="folder1,folder2,folder3"
rm -rf /some/path/{$VAR}
When I execute this script, the folders are not deleted.
I think this is due to the fact that some unwanted quoting is occurring. Output from the script using #!/bin/bash -x:
rm -rf '/some/path/{folder1,folder2,folder3}'
which of course cannot succeed due to the ' marks.
How can I get this working within my script?