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[solved]Korn, disabling * substitution

If I execute the following line of code:

echo "*"

I get a list of files in the current directory.

What if all I wanted to do was display the asterisk itself? What does the code have to look like so all I get is an asterisk?

Thanks ahead of time for your assistance

---------- Post updated at 09:56 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:51 AM ----------

Got my own answer:

echo *
and
echo "*"

Will list the contents of the current directory

echo '*'

Will display the single Asterisk
 
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NAME
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14-Jan-1997 HLS(1)