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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 15:39:43 -0400
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Gary Johnson used his keyboard to write :
> 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
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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