Re: How do you echo a shell variable reference

[Peter Johansson]

On 04/14/2015 08:24 AM, Arthur Schwarz wrote:

I am trying to echo:
    echo 'exit $status' >> file

from the Makefile generated by Makefile.am. What I get is:
    echo 'exit $status' >> file

in the Makefile, which is correct, but in execution (make check) I get
    exit tatus

Shell variables are referred to with double dollar sign in a Makefile:

echo exit $$status

hth,


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Peter Johansson