Re: [SLUG] how can i echo * character

[Tony Green <greeno@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

* This one time, at band camp, CaT said:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:41:53PM +1000, Jeff Ai wrote:
> > Fixed by Tony Green
> > STAR='*'
> > echo "$STAR"
> 
> That's very convoluted. The following will work:
> 
> echo "*"
> echo '*'
> echo \*
> 

It really depends on what you are after.

If you want to print a variable containing *, then this is the way.  If
you just want to print a *, then your way works.

TG
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