How to read string in bash or convert integer to string?

Question

The following code :

read var
gsettings org.gnome.system.proxy.http port "'$var'"

for the input sat, 10, reads var as integer. and gives the error

can not parse as value of type 'i': '10'

How should I resolve this issue?

This doesn't really have as much to do with bash as gsettings and how it interprets literal arguments. — Mark Reed
– Mark Reed, Commented Dec 28, 2015 at 2:45

Jonathan Leffler · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-28 02:37:40Z

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Drop the single quotes from the command line; the command expects the string it sees to be a number, and numbers don't start with a single quote.

read var
gsettings org.gnome.system.proxy.http port "$var"

answered Dec 28, 2015 at 2:37

Jonathan Leffler

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