On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Greg Schafer wrote:
status=`echo '-'| { ${GREP} -E -e 'a\' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?; }`
You're having one additional "\" ... change that to ... status=`echo '-'| { ${GREP} -E -e 'a' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?; }` or split to the next line ... status=`echo '-'| { ${GREP} -E -e 'a\ ' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?; }` or remove the "\" altogether. Thanks, Jeff. _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash