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Old 09-16-2011
how to read argument with $ value in the word

Hi
i am having a shell script reading two arguments.
when the shell script is passed with argument containing $ in it, the value from $ onwards is getting truncated and my script is failing.
i have to do in reading the arguments in the shell script only as i am not having control on the arguments getting passed to the script

Kindly help me.

Code:
test.sh arg$1 arg2

output:
Code:
echo first argument: arg 
echo second argument: arg2

Code:
#!/bin/sh

echo There are $# arguments to $0: $*    
echo first argument: $1    
echo second argument: $2

Kindly hep me in accepting the argument word containing "$" in it

Thanks in advance

Last edited by radoulov; 09-16-2011 at 10:41 AM.. Reason: Code tags!
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Old 09-16-2011
You cannot do anything if you have no control on the arguments:
your shell will try to interpret the unquoted special characters before your shell script actually sees them.
# 3  
Old 09-16-2011
what is the character to nullify the '$"
# 4  
Old 09-16-2011
You need to quote it using strong (single) quotes: 'arg$1' or escape it: arg\$1 before passing it to the script.
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