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From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at>
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Subject: Complex quoting task in tcsh
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I'm writing a tcsh script and I can't figure out how to escape that #.
I tried all possible variations, and it always says I have a syntax error.
Here's one:
if ($line =~ "#*")
Or is there another way to find out if the line starts with a hash mark?

Regards,
Daniela