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but when ever i tried to print $STR with echo it is skipping the the initial 2-3 lines before printing - do you know why or how to fix this???? i am trying like this

[[ $STR = *ERROR* ]] && exit 1 || echo $STR

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try this..
export New_STR = $STR
echo $New_STR

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