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Ed Morton
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:09 pm    Post subject: Re: grep pattern with variable included Reply with quote
erik wrote:

Quote:
grep -A 420 ':dn ("CN=$dir'
/home/erik/solectron/conf/$dir/objects_5_0.C > ./wall-specific-grab

That is the command. The $dir is a variable. I cannot get the quotes
correct. The left paren is part of the actual search pattern. How can I
do this. I have tried putting double quotes on the outside but the
double quote before the CN gave me problems.


grep -A 420 ":dn (\"CN=$dir" ...

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:13 pm    Post subject: grep pattern with variable included Reply with quote
grep -A 420 ':dn ("CN=$dir'
/home/erik/solectron/conf/$dir/objects_5_0.C > ./wall-specific-grab

That is the command. The $dir is a variable. I cannot get the quotes
correct. The left paren is part of the actual search pattern. How can I
do this. I have tried putting double quotes on the outside but the
double quote before the CN gave me problems.
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