Hello list! I've got a simple shell question that I can't figure out.
I wrote a simple 3 line bash script designed to read from stdin and
output the lines to stdout that looks like the following:
--------------script.sh------------
#!/bin/bash
while read LINE; do
echo $LINE
done
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I also have a single line text file ending with an asterisk (*) that
looks like this:
-----------------file.txt----------------
A Line in a file with spaces and ending with an asterisk *
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when I redirect the file to the script in any directory the script
outputs the line, but replaces the asterisk with the files in the
current directory like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/test$ ./script.sh < file.txt
A Line in a file with spaces and ending with an asterisk file.txt script.sh
It even happens if I type the line in without redirection:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/test$ ./script.sh
A Line ending with an asterisk *
A Line ending with an asterisk file.txt script.sh
Would someone know how I can make the script treat the asterisk as a
character belonging to the line and not a "match" for files in the
current directory? Really appreciate it. Thanks.
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Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque
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