Question

I am writing a bash script to search for a pattern in a file using GREP. I am clueless for why it isnt working. This is the program

echo "Enter file name...";
read fname;
echo "Enter the search pattern";
read pattern
if [ -f $fname ]; then
    result=`grep -i '$pattern' $fname`
    echo $result;
fi

Or is there different approach to do this ?

Thanks

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The shell can modify the environment in which commands run.
Simple UNIX commands consist of one or more words separated by blanks. 
Most commands produce output on the standard output that is initially connected to the terminal. This output may be sent to a file by writing.
The standard output of one UNIX command may be connected to the standard input of another UNIX Command by writing the `pipe' operator, indicated by |

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Answer 1

The single quotes around $pattern in the grep statement make the shell not resolve the shell variable so you should use double quotes.