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Subject:	Re: grep will not work with a variable?
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On 2007-03-29, Kevin Markle wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to find a pattern in a file and the command works if I 
> manully put the output of the variable in it but when I use the 
> variable it fails? I have tryed with quotes "$CLIENT" and without. I 
> don't know what else to try? :-(

What do you get if you execute

    echo '|'"$CLIENT"'|'

I just put those '|' there to more clearly delimit the value of 
CLIENT.

Gary

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