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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Grep words with spaces and save the output Post 302769057 by knijjar on Monday 11th of February 2013 06:21:19 AM
Old 02-11-2013
Code:
$ while read i
> do
> grep -i "$i" schedule >> "${i// /_}"
> done < teams
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution
/usr/bin/ksh[3]: "${i// /_}": bad substitution

---------- Post updated at 07:21 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:11 AM ----------

Thank you so much. it worked. I didnt realize you asked me to use any of the following shells
Bash / ksh93 / zsh
I used zsh and it worked.

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-11-2013 at 07:24 AM.. Reason: code tags
 

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line(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   line(1)

NAME
line - Reads one line from standard input SYNOPSIS
line STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: line: XCU5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. OPTIONS
None DESCRIPTION
The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from standard input and writes it to standard output. Use this command within a shell command file to read from your terminal. The line command always writes at least a newline character. NOTES
The line utility has no internationalization features and is marked LEGACY in XCU Issue 5. Use the read utility instead. EXIT STATUS
Success. End-of-File. EXAMPLES
To read a line from the keyboard and append it to a file, enter: echo 'Enter comments for the log:' echo ': c' line >>log This shell procedure displays the message: Enter comments for the log: It then reads a line of text from the keyboard and adds it to the end of the file log. The echo ': c' command displays a : (colon) prompt. See the echo command for information about the c escape sequence. SEE ALSO
Commands: echo(1), ksh(1), read(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p) Functions: read(2) Standards: standards(5) line(1)
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