Hi,
I am trying to grep one variable over the other variable
Example:
i=abc
j=ab
grep $j $i
I am getting this error:
The error is due to $i being variable and not file. I know I could do it by putting the value of abc in a file
and then greping it.
echo $i > temp.txt
But I would like to avoid creating unnecessary temp file.
Note: Depending on the return code of grep command I am planning to invoke other unix commands.
Help is appreciated to help achieve this.