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

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From: Floyd Davidson
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 02:32

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"�����" <myunggyu@hotmail.com> 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

 $cat a.sh
 #!/bin/sh
 
 AA="*"
 echo "$AA"

 $./a.sh
 *

>[root@ns /root]# ./a.sh

_Don't_ do these things as root.

>Desktop a.sh dnsCache.db hostsInfo.db intop_history manage nsmail ntop_pw.db
>sec

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