unix c shell question, fgrep and printf question

[Guest_imported]

i need to know how to in unix c shell

to printf to a file a list of variables in the form of

variable1:variable2:variable3:::

etc.

i've tried:
printf "$variable1:$variable2:$variable3:::" >> .filename

but that doesnt work, and i tried to revise many different ways and that doesnt work.

also i need to know how to search for a string in that file and just return to me the value of yes if they found a march or no no match was found.

thanks,
jada

 

[brudnakm]

Try,

echo $variable1:$variable2:$variable3::: >> filename

 

[tdatgod]

Hi,
this was answered in another forum. Please see

thread822-319020