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How to tar -Cstore a path built with wildcardwildcards and containing with spaces into a variable

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Here's the situation (I'm on a Mac, OS X El Capitan):

# This works:

$ cd /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates/;

# These do not work:

$ INSTALL_DIR=/Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates;
$ cd $INSTALL_DIR
# Moves me here: /Applications/Adobe

$ cd "$INSTALL_DIR"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

$ cd "${INSTALL_DIR}"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

My goal is to use $INSTALL_DIR in tar like so:

$ tar -xz $SOURCE_ZIP --strip-components 1 -C $INSTALL_DIR "*.ait";

Unfortunately, the -C (changing to destination directory) doesn't like the spaces in $INSTALL_DIR; if I use quotes, I can't get the * to work.

Is there an elegant way to handle this scenario?

Here's the situation:

# This works:

$ cd /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates/;

# These do not work:

$ INSTALL_DIR=/Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates;
$ cd $INSTALL_DIR
# Moves me here: /Applications/Adobe

$ cd "$INSTALL_DIR"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

$ cd "${INSTALL_DIR}"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

My goal is to use $INSTALL_DIR in tar like so:

$ tar -xz $SOURCE_ZIP --strip-components 1 -C $INSTALL_DIR "*.ait";

Unfortunately, the -C (changing to destination directory) doesn't like the spaces in $INSTALL_DIR; if I use quotes, I can't get the * to work.

Is there an elegant way to handle this scenario?

Here's the situation (I'm on a Mac, OS X El Capitan):

# This works:

$ cd /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates/;

# These do not work:

$ INSTALL_DIR=/Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates;
$ cd $INSTALL_DIR
# Moves me here: /Applications/Adobe

$ cd "$INSTALL_DIR"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

$ cd "${INSTALL_DIR}"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

My goal is to use $INSTALL_DIR in tar like so:

$ tar -xz $SOURCE_ZIP --strip-components 1 -C $INSTALL_DIR "*.ait";

Unfortunately, the -C (changing to destination directory) doesn't like the spaces in $INSTALL_DIR; if I use quotes, I can't get the * to work.

Is there an elegant way to handle this scenario?

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How to tar -C a path with wildcard and spaces

Here's the situation:

# This works:

$ cd /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates/;

# These do not work:

$ INSTALL_DIR=/Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator*/Cool\ Extras.localized/en_US/Templates;
$ cd $INSTALL_DIR
# Moves me here: /Applications/Adobe

$ cd "$INSTALL_DIR"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

$ cd "${INSTALL_DIR}"
-bash: cd: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator*/Cool Extras.localized/en_US/Templates: No such file or directory

My goal is to use $INSTALL_DIR in tar like so:

$ tar -xz $SOURCE_ZIP --strip-components 1 -C $INSTALL_DIR "*.ait";

Unfortunately, the -C (changing to destination directory) doesn't like the spaces in $INSTALL_DIR; if I use quotes, I can't get the * to work.

Is there an elegant way to handle this scenario?