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From:	Kevin Markle <kmarkle AT pbs DOT org>
Subject:	Re: grep will not work with a variable?
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:39:33 -0400
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Keith Christian brought next idea :
> 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 "$CLIENT" and without. I don't know what else to 
>> try? :-(
>
> echo "Client variable is --> \"${CLIENT}\""  ;  grep "${CLIENT}" foo.txt
>
> What does that tell you?
>
> ========Keith

I tryed adding a cd to the directory that I was attempting to grep from 
and that worked? This is okay because is worked but it would be nice to 
not have to so that...




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