Mike Brownlow wrote: > Ron Farrer wrote: > > be "Linux mustang 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 8 16:09:20 PST 2000 alpha unknown". > > I think that the '#' is being interpreted as a comment at runtime. In > this email I used: > > my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a|sed -e 's/#/Number /'` > > and it worked. Which means it ignores '#' inside command expansion, > but not the final value. Neat.
Even better: my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a|sed -e 's/#/\\#/'` -- Mike Brownlow