Prevent * to be expanded in the bash script
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Published on 2010-03-18T14:40:15Z
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Linux bash script:
#!/bin/bash
function Print()
{
echo $1
}
var="*"
Print $var
Execution results:
alex@alex-linux:~/tmp$ ./sample-script sample-script
"*" is expanded to the list of files, which is actually script itself. How can I prevent this and see actual variable value? In general case, var can be more complicated than "*", for example: "home/alex/mydir/*".
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