Re: how to escape $@

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Dan DeJohn <address@hidden> writes:

  dd> One of the rules in my makefile builds another makefile. I need to get 
  dd> the string

  dd> "        touch $@"

  dd> into the file that the commands build.

You can't add a TAB character using echo, or at least it's pretty
difficult.

The proper escaping of $@ is \$$@, or using quoting like '$$@'.

You might try this:

  echo '        touch $$@'

where the first character is a TAB.

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