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Re: [LUG] Echo command

 

John Horne wrote:
> 
> So what is the point of the '$'? 

In Bash (and Posix shell maybe?) it denotes a string that requires
translation.

man bash

or

http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_13.html

I assume Redhat have been internationalizing their start-up scripts -
good on them. Try changing locale, and restarting something, to see if
it works!

 Simon

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