RE: OT: unix script quetion: to replace $ with \$

The problem is that if LINE contains "$" (dollar sign), as some InterMedia table names do, the piped command will fail.

Guang

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> Stephen Lee
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> Subject: RE: OT: unix script quetion: to replace $ with \$
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>
> Would something like this be adaptable to your stuff?
>
> #!/usr/bin/ksh
>
> {
> sqlplus -s <<-XXX
> joe/blow_at_SID
> set this and that off
> set the other thing and trimspool on
> set whatever else
> select table_name from dba_tables where owner = 'BUBBA';
> } | while read LINE; do
> echo "exec analyze_that_puppy BUBBA.$LINE real good;" | sed
> 's/\$/\\\$/g'
> done
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