In my make file I do

printf "$keep the dollar\n" > somefile

I've tried to do \$ $$ {$} but make still tries to sub the $

How can I prevent this?

I'm using GNU Make version 3.79.1
Built for sparc-sun-solaris2.7
But I'm running on sol8

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Billy Patton <bpatton@bright.dal.design.ti.com> writes:
quote:

> In my make file I do
>
> printf "$keep the dollar\n" > somefile
>
> I've tried to do \$ $$ {$} but make still tries to sub the $
>
> How can I prevent this?


$$ is the proper way to do it in the makefile.  I suppose you want the
shell to expand the variable.  Is that correct?

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Billy Patton <bpatton@bright.dal.design.ti.com> wrote
in <Pine.GSO.4.58.0401300613200.22515@bright.dal.design.ti.com>:
# In my make file I do
#
# printf "$keep the dollar\n" > somefile
#
# I've tried to do \$ $$ {$} but make still tries to sub the $

If you want the $ end up in somefile, use

printf "\$$keep the dollar\n" > somefile

The shell will then see printf "\$keep the dollars\n" > somefile
You could as well use

printf '$$keep the dollar\n' > somefile



Regards,

Jens
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