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Old 07-13-2006
Using Zgrep in a script
Hi,
I have to use a zgrep in a script to serch archives.
the issue is like if i use
zgrep 'complex pattern' *.log.Z from the command line it works fine but inside the script i am not able to represent complex pattern
the quotes are not getting recognised.

Kindly help me out.

Thanks,
Vijay
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Old 07-13-2006
Show us your 'complex pattern'
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Old 07-13-2006
The complex pattern could be anything like
string separated by white space-> 'Got a Exception:.SQLException'
That parameter will come as input to the script.
I am not able to represent string sequence in the search pattern

Thanks,
Vijay
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