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# 1  
Old 07-06-2010
grep and counter
Hi,

I have such an example(ksh):

Code:
name1=Example
directory=/directory1/Example/directory2
match=$(grep -s '$name1' $directory | wc -l)
echo $match

But it replies to me:

Code:
 0

What I expect from it, is to find $name1 in $directory and produce 1 for me as true, not false.
# 2  
Old 07-06-2010
Question Are you looking for?
1) Example within string /dir/Example/dir2?
or
2) a file called Example inside the directory
# 3  
Old 07-06-2010
Code:
match=$(echo $directory | grep -s "$name1" | wc -l)

# 4  
Old 07-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
Code:
match=$(echo $directory | grep -s "$name1" | wc -l)

Thank you it works and that's what I've expected.
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