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01-23-2010, 03:21 AM
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Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Israel Ramat Gan
Distribution: CentOs 5.3, SuSe 11.1, Solaris 9, Slackware 13
Posts: 81
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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
Last edited by junust; 01-23-2010 at 03:22 AM.
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01-23-2010, 03:40 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 2,012
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Quote it. Pick whichever you like best: "*", '*', or \*
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01-23-2010, 03:54 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Israel Ramat Gan
Distribution: CentOs 5.3, SuSe 11.1, Solaris 9, Slackware 13
Posts: 81
Original Poster
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Thanks, That is it!
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