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unix while loop
Name: gmatsoon Date: June 17, 2008 at 16:07:33 Pacific OS: linux and aix CPU/Ram: 1+Gb
Comment:
I have 3 files in a directory. The files are named as below
MSDOS PCDOS filename.txt
The file filename.txt contains the following 1 line
*****DOS
When I run the following while loop I get the following output
Name: nails Date: June 17, 2008 at 21:42:44 Pacific
Reply:
When the echo command executes, the astric is treated as a meta character. The expansion says to list all files in the current directory that end with DOS.
To prevent the expansion, surround the variable with quotes:
echo "$r"
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Response Number 2
Name: gmatsoon Date: June 18, 2008 at 09:29:37 Pacific
Reply:
That worked.
Thank you for the answer as well as the explanation.
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