12-14-2012
[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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