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[chomps303]

Why won't this work?

clear
echo "Enter Search String \c"
read search
echo "Enter Filename to Search \c"
read filename
fln=`awk '/$search/{printf "%d\n",NR}' $filename`
echo "Line Number =" $fln

Thanks

Brandt

 

[Annihilannic]

$search will not be expanded to the value of the variable because it is between single quotes.

Try:

fln=`awk '/'"$search"'/{printf "%d\n",NR}' $filename`

Annihilannic.