Re: SED question RESOLVED

1999-10-22 Thread Greg Wooledge 
Andrew Hately ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

 Back quotes can't be nested, while $( ) does the same job and can be nested

Actually, you can nest backquotes as long as you \-escape them.  $( ) is
great, but if you're ever going to use a traditional Bourne shell, you
won't be able to use it -- so make sure you understand the backquotes too.

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Re: SED question RESOLVED

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Lutgens 
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 09:53:26AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote:
 What do you want in the variable? Multiple lines?
 Did you try
 set foo=$( grep florida roam.db | sed -e s/^.*\? //g )
 Whats the greater context?
 Andrew
 
I finally got it with
export GREP_RESULT=`grep $LOCATION $HOME/roam.db | sed -e s/^.*\? //g`
I had to use the back quotes``
thanx

Re: SED question RESOLVED

1999-10-21 Thread Andrew Hately 
Ben Lutgens wrote:
 
 I had to use the back quotes``

Back quotes can't be nested, while $( ) does the same job and can be nested


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