bts8(_at_)netcom(_dot_)com writes:
Would these be considered equivalent?
* WHO ?? ? $GREP -i $PMDIR/testfile
* ? $GREP -i "$WHO" $PMDIR/testfile
No. The first is mostly equivalent to:
echo "$WHO" | $GREP -i $PMDIR/testfile
There the pattern is "$PMDIR/testfile", and you're looking for that
in $WHO. In the second condition, the pattern is "$WHO", and you're
looking for that in the file "$PMDIR/testfile".
What you're probably looking for is:
* WHO ?? grep -if $PMDIR/testfile
That'll use the contents of $PMDIR/testfile as the pattern(s), and try
to match it/them against the value of the WHO variable.
BTW: do you have particular reason for using $GREP instead of just saying
"grep"? What do you think this gets you?
Philip Guenther