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Re: why is grep behaving this way ?



Bhasker C V wrote:
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 ?

Most likely because logname misbehaves when stdin is not a tty.

Mike
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