-- Original Message -- From: Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:26:55 +0530 Subject: Re: [Ilugc] script to read special characters Hi, --- On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Mahalingam Subramaniam <[email protected]> wrote: | The special characters exclusinvely are "?, - ". \-- Bash variables start with alphabets, not special characters. Instead of ?=0, you can use something like Q=0. Instead of ?++, use Q++. And finally, echo "Q = $Q". SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com Sorry, it is not helping me either. The ultimate aim is to read and count special characters(?) but pointing to variables of alphabet does not solve the issue. Is there any other method by which it can be resolved?. s.mahalingam _______________________________________________
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