bash variable (set via awk+sed) not working as expected


 
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Old 04-22-2011
I solved my problem by going another route.

I piped the servername output to a separate file rather than an in-script variable, then used the 'paste' command to combine the servername file with the rest of the output that I'd dumped into a file as well (for the purpose of combining).

It's not as clean as it could be, but we're all about results right? Smilie

Thanks Michael and Zaxxon for the replies. I appreciate your time.

-cd
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