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Old 03-28-2013
Error in eval eval command to print html tags

anyone has any info on why this is complaining???

Code:
vivek@vivek-c5e55ef2e ~/TAC
$ zoneCounter=1

vivek@vivek-c5e55ef2e ~/TAC
$ optUsage1=23%

vivek@vivek-c5e55ef2e ~/TAC
$ eval eval echo "<th>Zone $zoneCounter </th><th align=\"left\"> \$optUsage$zoneCounter </th>"
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'

any help is appreciated.. thanks
 

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TAC(1)								   User Commands							    TAC(1)

NAME
tac - concatenate and print files in reverse SYNOPSIS
tac [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
Write each FILE to standard output, last line first. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -b, --before attach the separator before instead of after -r, --regex interpret the separator as a regular expression -s, --separator=STRING use STRING as the separator instead of newline --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
Written by Jay Lepreau and David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
Report tac bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> COPYRIGHT
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The full documentation for tac is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and tac programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'tac invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 TAC(1)
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