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From: Daniel Waeber <_wabu@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Escaping a "*" in bash script
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:35:45
Message-Id: 4528D292.5020106@web.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Escaping a "*" in bash script by Ow Mun Heng
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4 Ow Mun Heng wrote:
5 > Does anyone know how to go about escaping a "*" in a bash script?
6 >
7 > I want to do the following
8 >
9 > query=" select * from table where column1='something' "
10 >
11 >
12
13 As you use the "" it is still a * in the $query, but you have to be
14 carefull when you use the variable.
15 Try something like dbcommand "$query" and it will still be a * in your
16 query
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