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There's one other problem probably related to $ sign: echo "Tomcat: $tomcat" acts as echo "Tomcat: omcat" in the output. Doubling the sign produced just Tomcat: $tomcat, but I need to retrieve the variable...

Tomáš Zato
– Tomáš Zato

2015-10-02 09:47:06 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 9:47
@TomášZato It's often a good idea to use curly brackets for variables, so as to be clear about where the variable name ends: ${tomcat}. Works in bash as well.

klimpergeist
– klimpergeist

2015-10-02 10:25:46 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 10:25
You might have to escape this $ as well, because otherwise it will be regarded as a makefile variable instead of a bash variable.

klimpergeist
– klimpergeist

2015-10-02 10:42:05 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 10:42

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