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Author Re: variable not in sed not getting interpolated (was: variable in sed not getting int
Chris F.A. Johnson

2006-04-11, 9:59 am

On 2006-04-03, onlineviewer wrote:
> posted wrong line:
>
> DATE=`date +%b\ %d`
> sed -n '/$DATE/p' LOGGER.log > Mar30.log

How many times have you been told that variables are not expanded
inside single quotes?

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