I think you just need quotes around the first grep argument. I'd replace the grep part with this though:
cut -d'#' -f1 /etc/modules | \ grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' | \ while read module args .... Gordon groups, freeman wrote: > - Problem parsing /etc/modules > There's a new routine (compared to BuC3.0b2) for parsing the > /etc/modules file, that unfortunately breaks the reading of the modules > file if the user has employed any leading tabs or spaces before the name > of the module (indenting). The part of /etc/init.d/modutils that doesn't > work for me is this: >> grep ^[a-z0-9A-Z] /etc/modules | >> while read module args >> do >> insmod $module $args 2>/dev/null >> lsmod | grep -n -q ^$module || \ >> logger modutils module $module could not be loaded >> done > which I replaced with >> while read module args; do >> # Only insmod lines without leading # marks >> if [ "${module:0:1}" != "#" ]; then >> insmod $module $args 2>/dev/null >> lsmod | grep -n -q ^$module || \ >> logger modutils module $module could not be loaded >> fi >> done < /etc/modules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/