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I try to use a variable in my kshell script but can’t get a good result. Please help.
FileMask='*.ext'
echo "FILEMASK: $FileMask"
/bin/executable -inputMask $FileMask
echo displays the FILEMASK: *.ext
But in the line with executable, instead of *.ext as a argument of the attribute -inputMask, I get the whole listing of all the .ext files from current the directory.
How do I use a content of a variable, but not evaluate that?
BR
Quote the use of the variable i.e.: