AIX

Hi,
I am trying to grep a string which has two words separated by space.
I used a script to grep the string by reading the string in to a variable
command i used in the script is

Code:

echo "enter your string"
read str
grep $str <file>

it is working fine when the entered string is a single word
but if it has two words then it is throwing an error

Code:

AIX-DEV ==>sh sample.ksh
enter the string
kumar reddy
grep: 0652-033 Cannot open reddy.

I tried by giving quotes here and there but in vain.

please help me in this regard.

Thanks and regards,
Somasekhar Gajjala.

You have to enclose the variable with double quotes:

Code:

echo "enter your string"
read str
grep "$str" <file>

Also when calling the script, you don't have to use sh to call it. Just use

Code:

AIX-DEV ==> ./sample.ksh

Try this

Code:

grep "$str" file

Thanks it worked

somasekhar gajjala