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Re: How can I print "*" in unix shell program

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From: Pascal Bourguignon
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 01:40
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Robert Towster <CHANGE_TO_firstname@lastname.com> writes:

> how about:
> set -f
> echo *
> set +f

Yes!  I can do more complicated too:

echo '#include <stdio.h>@int main(void){printf("*\n");return(0);}@'|tr '@' '\012'>a.c;cc a.c;a.out


> �������큱�� wrote:
> > I wanna print *
> > But following script prints files in current directory
> > How can I print *
> > 
> > [root@ns /root]# cat a.sh
> > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > AA="*"
> > echo $AA
> > [root@ns /root]# ./a.sh
> > Desktop a.sh dnsCache.db hostsInfo.db intop_history manage nsmail ntop_pw.db
> > sec
 

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