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Old 10-26-2010
How to assign * asterisk to variable?
How can I assign asterisk to variable
I have try a="\* " but I was not succesful Smilie
any idea ?
thanks
Last edited by radoulov; 10-26-2010 at 09:54 AM.. Reason: Added icode tags.
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Old 10-26-2010
Code:
% v=*; echo "$v"
*

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Old 10-26-2010
did you mean $* ?
or
Code:
var='*'
echo "$var"

or
Code:
var="*"
echo "$var"

Last edited by ctsgnb; 10-26-2010 at 10:06 AM..
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Old 10-26-2010
var="\*"
echo $var
---------------------
or
var='\*'
echo $var
# 5  
Old 10-26-2010
Radoulov is right. Just use:
Code:
var=*

# 6  
Old 10-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by rainboisterous
var="\*"
echo $var
---------------------
or
var='\*'
echo $var
Actually, it's the opposite: you don't need the first pair of quotes (it makes no harm, but as filename generation/globbing is not performed in this context, they are redundant) and you need to quote the second statement (because in that context in most shells the pattern is subject to filename generation):

Code:
var=*
echo "$var"

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