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Old 03-18-2008
problem while suppressing "$"
Hi,
I have the following code in the make file
Code:
	echo "      swremove \`swlist -l product | grep someproduct| awk '{print $1}'\` ">>filename

i want
Code:
swremove 
 `swlist -l product | grep someproduct|awk '{print $1}'`

to appear. Please can any one help how to suppress $??... I tried \$ and with double qoutes and all.but it didnt work....
# 2  
Old 03-18-2008
Backslash works for me here. Are you using some atrocious c shell?

Code:
vnix$ echo "      swremove \`swlist -l product | grep someproduct| awk '{print \$1}'\` "
      swremove `swlist -l product | grep someproduct| awk '{print $1}'`

vnix$

... Or by "in the make file" you mean this is in a makefile? Then you also need to double the dollar sign (but then also the output would be different than what you are reporting).

Code:
vnix$ cat Makefile
fun:
	echo "      swremove \`swlist -l product | grep someproduct| awk '{print \$$1}'\` "

vnix$ make
echo "      swremove \`swlist -l product | grep someproduct| awk '{print \$1}'\` "
      swremove `swlist -l product | grep someproduct| awk '{print $1}'`

Last edited by era; 03-18-2008 at 04:02 AM.. Reason: Add Makefile snippet
era
# 3  
Old 03-18-2008
And of course, *bling*, this:

Code:
grep someproduct| awk '{print \$$1}'

... gets you the prestigious "useless use of grep | awk" award.

Code:
awk '/someproduct/ { print \$$1}'

era
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