Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 01:47:16 +1100 From: aunty <aunty@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: shell quoting problem? Message-ID: <19991227014716.D17780@comcen.com.au>
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After setting some variables in a bourne shell script, I want it
to run a command like
finger @nas1 | egrep "Host|tom|dick|harry"
where nas1, tom, dick, and harry are expanded from variables.
I can see _why_ things like this don't work
finger \@${serv} | egrep \"Host${pipes-and-names}\"
but can't figure out how to get all those quotes and pipes behaving.
Is there a way to do this or must I resort to perl?
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-*Sue*-
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