Thought I had tried the double quotes,,, guess not. It works fine,
thanks to all of you.
Michael C. Rock
Systems Analyst
Registered Linux User # 287973
"The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things,,"
"Christians give up what they cannot keep to gain what they cannot lose"
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Levi Bard
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:31 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] ??sed
> I have been trying to delete a line in a file using sed and although I
> have used sed in the past, this time I am stuck.
>
> I want to delete a line in a file if that line contains the value of
the
> variable $name. I have tried sed '/$name/d' < inputfile > outfile
> without success. I have tried many variations on that theme also
> without success. Can someone help me with the syntax since my brain
is
> obviously over taxes.
Double quotes. If you use single quotes, the variable $name doesn't get
expanded.
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