I think that needs some additional parens: `echo $(ENV["PATH"])`. This is in fact, exactly what you need – Julia commands in backticks are not run by a shell so there is no shell to expand any environment variables, only Julia can expand them.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Simon Byrne <simonby...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps not quite what you had in mind, but > > `echo $ENV["PATH"]` > > should work > > On Wednesday, 2 November 2016 10:43:47 UTC, Christian Theil Have wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've been trying to create a shell command that refers to an environment >> variable, e.g., >> >> echo $PATH >> >> Julia will interpolate $ in shell commands in backticks to Julia >> variables, i.e., `echo $PATH`, will look for a Julia variable PATH. >> What can I do if I really want to insist having a shell command that >> includes a (non-quoted) dollar-sign? Currently, >> my workaround is `sh -c "echo \$PATH"`, but this is not really >> satisfactory. >> >> Best, >> Christian >> >
