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Old 11-28-2012
sed usage with Variable
Gurus,
I am trying to display a match (single character) from beginning of the line in a file using a variable.

I tried using sed ... not sure where am doing it wrong...

Code:
sed -n "/^\$variable/p" FileName.sh

or
Code:
sed -n "/^\${variable}/p" FileName.sh

Both of the above are not working.....Thanks for your help in advance..
Last edited by Kevin Tivoli; 11-28-2012 at 10:23 AM.. Reason: none
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Old 11-28-2012
Is there any reason you are escaping the $ in "\$kiran"?
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Old 11-28-2012
try:
Code:
sed -n '/^'$variable'/p' FileName.sh

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Old 11-28-2012
Try not escaping the $:

Code:
sed -n "/^${kiran}/p" FileName.sh

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Old 11-28-2012
Thanks every one, not escaping the $ helped. Appreciate your help.
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