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# 1  
Old 04-04-2007
Escaping '*' in Bash
I have the following situation

============
export DirectoryName=/tmp/xyz

if [ -d $DirectoryName ] ; then

some_new_env=$DirectoryName"/*"
=======================

I tried all the ways of escaping the '*', but still the shell seems to expand the '*' character. I want some_new_env to contain "/tmp/xyz/*"

Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 04-04-2007
try:
set -f

before using the * or use single quotes when defining it and double quotes around the full expression later.

Code:
$ echo *
test1 test2 test3
$ set -f
$ echo *
*
$ set +f
$ a='*'
$ echo "$a"
*

# 3  
Old 04-04-2007
set −f command disables globbing
# 4  
Old 04-04-2007
how do I re-enable it after I am done with 'set -f'?
# 5  
Old 04-04-2007
use
Code:
set +f

# 6  
Old 04-04-2007
Got it ' set +f *'!!


Thanks very much to both you for your prompt help!

cheers
# 7  
Old 04-04-2007
Use either an single quote '
or
Use backslash to escape the special characters
or
Turn of globbing by using "set -f " in the above script

Check this for more : http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Quote.html

Thanks,
Nagarajan Ganesan.
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