Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/03/29/16:12:57
It happens that Gary Johnson formulated :
> On 2007-03-29, Kevin Markle wrote:
>> 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...
>
> You didn't say anything about a cd or directories in your original
> question. If you are still having difficulties, or just don't want
> to have to do whatever it is you're having to do, we can probably
> help. However, it would help us to help you if you would describe
> precisely what it is you are trying to do and describe precisely
> (with examples) of what happens when it doesn't work. See
>
> http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> Regards,
> Gary
Sorry about that...
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