Shell Programming and Scripting

sorry for troubling you so much scott.....
i tried it as ...

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$ cat abc
echo $1


$ abc \*
abc boot~ cmdexfil debugging_files Desktop Documents Examples linuxfiles Mono_Docs Music perm.sh~ Pictures procref1_files project files Public SciTEGlobal.properties shellPROG softwares static_ip~ Templates Videos
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sorry for troubling you scott....
i tried this
[code]
$ cat abc
echo $1

$ abc \*
abc boot~ cmdexfil debugging_files Desktop Documents Examples linuxfiles Mono_Docs Music perm.sh~ Pictures procref1_files project files Public SciTEGlobal.properties shellPROG softwares static_ip~ Templates Videos
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Hi.

No probs.

Sorry none of the examples used * inside a script.

In your script your can quote the $1

Code:

echo "$1"

or use "set -o noglob" to turn off filename expansion (and use "set +o noglob" to turn it back on again when you want).