Subj : Re: bash script and grep
To   : Rick Smith
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 17:05:23

Hi Rick,

On 2023-02-01 07:44:02, you wrote to All:

 RS> here is the error running the script.

 RS> Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
 RS> Try 'grep --help' for more information.

 RS> (yes I typed help, did not help me)

 RS> here are the two areas in the script calling grep

 RS> cat /fido/etc/areas_fidonet | grep EchoArea | grep 1:105/81 |sort> $TMPFILE
 RS> while read -r line
 RS> do
 RS>         TAGLONG=`echo $line|awk {'print $2'}`
 RS>         TAGSHORT=`echo $line|awk {'print $2'}|sed s/FIDO_//`
 RS>         FILE=`echo $line|awk {'print $3'}`
 RS>         DESC=`cat backbone.na | grep $TAGLONG | awk '{$1=""; print $0}'|sed
 RS> 's/\r$//'`

I would place $TAGLONG inside double quotes here, just incase it's an empty string.

Bye, Wilfred.

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