Re: [galaxy-user] special character $ gets converted to X in tool

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Ketan Maheshwari ketancmaheshwari@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

In a test tool that I am working on, I need to enter text preceded by a $ sign to be interpreted as an environment variable by the underlying running script. However, it seems that the $ sign gets converted to X when it gets passed to the tool executable.

Is there a way to work around this or should I be doing something else to pass environment variables via Galaxy tool UI.

Thanks, Ketan

This is a security feature I think - or it may just need escaping as $

Since you are writing the script, why not pass in the environment variable name without the dollar?

Peter