Hello guys, how can
i get the * character in shellscript(bash)
I tried use '*' and
it desn't work.
Jeff
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Hello guys, how can i get the * character in shellscript(bash)
I tried use '*' and it desn't work.
Jeff
tgreen@animal:~$ echo \*
*
tgreen@animal:~$
\ escapes the character from the shell
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echo \*
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* On Fri Sep 14, 2001 at 03:21:28PM +1000, Jeff Ai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
No, that is not what i want. i want to echo * in a shell script.
e.g:
STAR='*'
echo $STAR
\ is the first thing i tried, didn't work.
STAR='*'
echo $STAR
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Fixed
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STAR='*'
echo
"$STAR"
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff AiSent:
Friday, 14 September 2001 3:15 PMTo: 'Slug
(E-mail)Subject: [SLUG] how can i echo *
character
Hello guys, how
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:41:53PM +1000, Jeff Ai wrote:
Fixed by Tony Green
STAR='*'
echo $STAR
That's very convoluted. The following will work:
echo *
echo '*'
echo \*
If you're using bash anyhow.
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