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From: hitz@mips.UUCP (David Hitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Quotiing * in Bourne shell question
Message-ID: <1028@mips.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-May-87 23:17:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: mips.1028
Posted: Thu May 21 23:17:59 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 14:41:47 EDT
References: <1040@chinet.UUCP>
Reply-To: hitz@mips.UUCP (David Hitz)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <1040@chinet.UUCP> megabyte@chinet.UUCP (Dr. Megabyte) writes:
>
>I want to set a shell variable equal to an asterix (*). Then use that
>variable in seetting another shell variable and then finally use the 
>second variable as a command line with the asterix NOT being expanded,
>I want it passed to the program.  Here is an example:

Here are three ways.  No doubt there are more.

This is probably the best:

	area="*"		
	cmdline="echo foo '$area' bar" 
	eval $cmdline 			

Two more for good measure:

	area="'*'"	
	cmdline="echo foo $area bar"
	eval $cmdline 		

	area="*"		
	cmd_1="echo foo"
	cmd_2="bar" 
	$cmd_1 "$area" $cmd_2
-- 
			Dave Hitz

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