grep command

[alhassani54]

Hi

I have a text UNIX file (file1), the file contains one line and the line contains spaces as.
Abc 1234567 abcdef log 123456789,456789

If I do grep from the shell I will get the line as in the file.

$grep log file1
$Abc 1234567 abcdef log 123456789,456789

But if I assign the grep to a variable the spaces will be removed as.

$var=$(grep log file1)
$print $var
$ Abc 1234567 abcdef log 123456789,456789

Is it possible to print the line as in the file?
Any help will be appreciated

Thank you

 

[sbrews]

just enclose your variable in double quotes before printing it out.

$var=$(grep log file1)
$print [COLOR=#ff0000]"[/color]$var[COLOR=#ff0000]"[/color]

will print $var as found in the file.
IE
Abc 1234567 abcdef log 123456789,456789