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<p>I run (with Geany's F5) a program different from xterm and hope it would get my lovely $everything.</p>
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<p>And again its the shell thats swallowing it, commands execute in a shell, try typing <code>echo $2 "$3" -$4-</code> at the command line without a Geany in sight and the shell will do what you told it to (not what you want it to), substitute the relevant parameters (which are empty) for the $n and so your beautiful $n is masticated out of existence by the SHELL.</p>
<p>You need to shell escape the poor innocent <code>$</code> that is egregiously eaten by the shell with a backslash which is a substantial meal for a shell and satiates its hunger and it leaves the <code>$</code> alone.</p>

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