11-02-2017
What is the meaning the $ special character?
Hello... and thank you in advanced for any help anyone can offer me
I'm hoping someone can explain what the leading $ is/means (i.e. $PS1, $HOME, etc).... I was having a discussion with someone and was trying to explain it... Which I felt like I came up kind of short with how well I did it.
I understand it's a special character and how to use it if I want to see the value of a variable or if I want to see the status of a command... I'm just unsure what kind of special character its categorized as or the definition of it's exact function.
I got home and googled it... I found plenty of explanations on how to use it but didn't find an adequate explanation of what it is and it's definition. It seems like every special character is well documented except the $... Could someone explain to me how it's categorized and it's extract definition?
Once again... thanks for reading this and any help anyone can offer
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NAME
freedroidRPG -- a futuristic immersive RPG about fighting bots
SYNOPSIS
freedroidRPG [-f | --fullscreen | -w | --window] [-r | --resolution] [-q | --nosound] [-n | --no_open_gl]
DESCRIPTION
FreedroidRPG tells the story of a world destroyed by a conflict between robots and their human masters. Play as Tux in a quest to save the
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Gameplay
Please see the README or the tutorial in the game for more details.
Updates
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OPTIONS
-h | --help
List command-line options.
-v | --version
Prints out FreedroidRPG version information.
-q | --nosound
Suppress sound output.
-f | --fullscreen
Work in full screen mode. Note that fullscreen or window mode can also be toggled from within the game via the options menu.
-w | --window
Start FreedroidRPG in a window rather than using full screen mode.
-n | --no_open_gl
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-r Y | --resolution= Y
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-e | --editor
Skips the main menu and opens up the level editor.
-l character-name | --load character-name
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FILES
$HOME/.freedroid_rpg/config The file containing all configuration settings of this user.
$HOME/.freedroid_rpg/*.savegame Saved games for the characters.
$HOME/.freedroid_rpg/*.thumbnail.bmp Thumbnail images of the characters.
$HOME/.freedroid_rpg/*.shp Game state for the saved games.
BUGS
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IRC
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Mailing List
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Bug tracker
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SEE ALSO
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