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Old 02-19-2008
displaying $ in data
Hi,

I have to append "abc$abc" to the existing data in solaris.When i run my unix script it is writing only "abc" instead of "abc$abc"

Please let me know if we can write $ to the data.Please advice!
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Old 02-19-2008
escape the $:

Code:
#  echo "abc$abc"
abc

#  echo "abc\$abc"
abc$abc

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Old 02-19-2008
Thank You Smilie
 
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