09-24-2007
how to print asterisk without its wild card functionality
I have three cron entries in a file /cron_entries as
15 * * * * /bin/hourjobs > /tmp/hrjob.log 2>&1
..................
....................
I am trying to read this file in for loop using code below:
cron=`cat /cron_entries`
for line in $cron
do
printf "%s\n" "$line" >> /tmp/$$current_cron
done
When i see in /tmp/$$current_cron , the "*" is getting replaced with all files in that directory.. I need to enter asterisk as it is into file without its wildcard functionality..
can i get solution for this...
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NAME
strclean - Removes outdated STREAMS error log files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/strclean [-d logdir] [-a age]
FLAGS
Specifies a maximum age in days for the STREAMS error log files if this not the default age of 3. The value of age must be an integer
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The strclean command cleans the STREAMS error logger directory of log files (error.mm-dd) that contain error messages sent by the STREAMS
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