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Environment variable containing $ getting truncated

I am attempting to do the following: export MYSQL_DATABASE_DB="myname$mydatabase"

The varable gets set as "myname"

Any hints as to what escaping needs to get done?

richorr | 2 posts | Oct. 20, 2018, 6:58 a.m. | permalink

Put he string in single quotes.

glenn | 9498 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Oct. 20, 2018, 12:03 p.m. | permalink

Worked perfectly. Thanks.

richorr | 2 posts | Oct. 20, 2018, 7:42 p.m. | permalink

Glad we could help!

giles | 11800 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Oct. 24, 2018, 5:09 p.m. | permalink