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Old 09-08-2008
doing grep inside perl file
Hi have one Perl file inside that i am defining
at an array file.

@temp_vmdk_files = `grep vmdk '$guest_vmx'`

where my $guest_vmx=/vmfs/volumes/47e40fec-9c8bb7f7-d076-001422159f8a/BES Exchange/BES-Exchange.vmx

and i am just want to do grep of "vmdk" files from the above path
but when i execute this Perl file i am getting following error


"grep: /vmfs/volumes/47e40fec-9c8bb7f7-d076-001422159f8a/BES"

please let me know how to define the grep for the above thing

Thanks
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Old 09-08-2008
its issue with the value in the variable. there is a space in the directory name.
Quote:
BES Exchange
# 3  
Old 09-08-2008
so this cant be resolved?
# 4  
Old 09-08-2008
I cannot reproduce the problem here, the single quotes around the file name should already have fixed that. Also the error message looks incomplete. Is that really the whole message? Which platform is this?
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Old 09-08-2008
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Originally Posted by era
I cannot reproduce the problem here, the single quotes around the file name should already have fixed that. Also the error message looks incomplete. Is that really the whole message? Which platform is this?
Era, If you see the error, it just breaks at BES. Very likely that space is creating the issue.

"grep: /vmfs/volumes/47e40fec-9c8bb7f7-d076-001422159f8a/BES"
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Old 09-08-2008
I see that, but I don't get the same error message here when I try a similar script, and the error message from grep is incomplete. It should say something like "file not found" or something.
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