-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Does anyone know how to go about escaping a "*" in a bash script? > > I want to do the following > > query=" select * from table where column1='something' " > >
As you use the "" it is still a * in the $query, but you have to be carefull when you use the variable. Try something like dbcommand "$query" and it will still be a * in your query - -- wabu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFKNKSBbWbHb9PeLsRAk2mAJ4psxXuJdNLDUee/lZ3G/Ubr3LFJwCfZe9k CCHlA2M3Dwbmbo5GrAjLCZc= =YKY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
