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junust

01-23-2010 03:21 AM

escape '*' in case statement bash

Hello,

Does it possible to escape * in the case statement

Code:



case $tst in

- )

echo -

;;

+ )

echo +

;;

: )

echo :

;;

* ) # It should be option, and don't treated like 'any other case'

echo *

;;

= )

echo =

;;

* )

echo Tty -.+,:,*

;;

esac

Thanks

tuxdev

01-23-2010 03:40 AM

Quote it. Pick whichever you like best: "*", '*', or \*

junust

01-23-2010 03:54 AM

Thanks, That is it!

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