Re: Doubt on variable $<

[pk]

visco wrote:

> Could anyone tell me what is the purpose of $<
> 
> I found it in a Makefile as follows
>      $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

That's not a bash variable. It's a Makefile variable.

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Automatic-Variables

> Also it would be nice if anyone could give a link explaining spl.
> variables used in bash

There's a "Special Parameters" section in the bash man page.