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Old 04-11-2007
Expand inside a grep
Code:
par='one" -e "two'

I want to expand the variable (a little bit more complex) in a grep construction like this (obviously not working):
Code:
ls |grep -e "${par}"

i tried different methods with eval with no result

Is there any way to archive this?

Thx in advance mates!
# 2  
Old 04-11-2007
Klashxx,
See if this would work for you:
Code:
par='one|two'
ls | egrep "$par"

# 3  
Old 04-11-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Klashxx
Code:
par='one" -e "two'

I want to expand the variable (a little bit more complex) in a grep construction like this (obviously not working):
Code:
ls |grep -e "${par}"


You do it just for fun, right? Smilie

Code:
$ par='one" -e "two'
$ ls|eval "grep -e \"$par\""
one
two

# 4  
Old 04-11-2007
Both solutions work just fine! I appreciate your help.

Radoulov , it was 50% fun %50 job ... i guessed that eval would be involved .. xP

Thx you guys!
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