[SOLVED] How to escape [ ] in tcsh?

sandeep.kaniyampady · 05-29-2012, 08:37 AM

I executing the following code in tcsh

$ set my = 'abc[def]ghi'
$ echo $my

Output I got is
$ echo: No match

I am expecting an output as follows
$ abc[def]ghi

Please help me out.

pan64 · 05-29-2012, 08:40 AM

echo "$my"

sandeep.kaniyampady · 05-29-2012, 09:17 AM

Thank you.
It worked

pan64 · 05-29-2012, 12:54 PM

see how quotation works in tcsh to understand what's happening

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sandeep.kaniyampady · 05-29-2012, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

see how quotation works in tcsh to understand what's happening

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Where can I find the documents for tcsh scripting. I am a novice

pan64 · 05-30-2012, 12:42 AM

about quotations look for lexical structure here: man tcsh
here are some other links:
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/jan.p.../help/tcsh.htm
http://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jss/l...out/scripting/
https://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/doc...scripting.html