Question

When i do the following i get results:

bash$ cat launched | egrep MyTest
MyTest

but with the following script:

#!/bin/sh
result= `cat launched | grep MyTest`
echo $result

when launching the script i get:

bash$ ./test.sh
./test.sh: MyTest: not found

I have full access rights on the script and the script is launched in the same directory as the file launched. How can i fix the script so it will return the same result as above?

Answer 1

Drop the space:

result=`cat launched | grep MyTest`

Even better, drop the UUOC:

result=`grep MyTest launched`