Re: [gentoo-user] Escaping a "*" in bash script

2006-10-08 Thread Mark
On 08/10/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know how to go about escaping a "*" in a bash script? I want to do the following query=" select * from table where column1='something' " Well one you can use different quotes: query='select * from table' Or you can \* it. quer

Re: [gentoo-user] Escaping a "*" in bash script [SOLVED]

2006-10-08 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 18:13 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Does anyone know how to go about escaping a "*" in a bash script? > > I want to do the following > > query=" select * from table where column1='something' " > nevermind.. I did it like this query=" select \" *\" from table where col

Re: [gentoo-user] Escaping a "*" in bash script

2006-10-08 Thread Daniel Waeber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Does anyone know how to go about escaping a "*" in a bash script? > > I want to do the following > > query=" select * from table where column1='something' " > > As you use the "" it is still a * in the $query, but you have

[gentoo-user] Escaping a "*" in bash script

2006-10-08 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Does anyone know how to go about escaping a "*" in a bash script? I want to do the following query=" select * from table where column1='something' " -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list