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Re: How do you echo a shell variable reference
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Harlan Stenn |
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Re: How do you echo a shell variable reference |
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Date: |
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 22:31:37 +0000 |
"Arthur Schwarz" writes:
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> I am trying to echo:
> echo 'exit $status' >> file
echo "exit $status" >> file
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> from the Makefile generated by Makefile.am. What I get is:
> echo 'exit $status' >> file
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> in the Makefile, which is correct, but in execution (make check) I get
> exit tatus
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> in file. I have tried variations of $status to no avail. Any idea how I can
> get the correct result in file?
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