Re: why is grep behaving this way ?

[Bhasker C V <bhasker@unixindia.com>]

Yes,

 There are lots of alternatives
 like :
 who | grep `id -un`
 who | grep bhasker
 or even i tried to do this !!!
 who > a
 grep `logname` a
 that WORKS !!!!
 ONLY this command "who | grep `logname`" does not work !
 WHY ?


On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 12:16 +0200, Salvatore Iovene wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:07:37PM +0530, Bhasker C V wrote:
> > [bhaskerv@cvsrep01 ~]$ who | grep `logname`
> > logname: no login name
> > Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
> > Try `grep --help' for more information.
> 
> Weird. Consiedering that this works:
> 
> who | grep `whoami`
> 
> Where's the catch?
> 
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Bhasker C V
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