Grepping output of command in a bash script

Question

I'm trying to search for file that match a given pattern using grep.

This works fine when typed directly into the terminal, returns all files with "zips" in the path.

svn st -u ~/includes ~/scripts ~/htdocs/intra ~/htdocs/update ~/htdocs/sponsor ~/survey ~/htdocs/coupon | grep "zips"

I want to add this functionality to a bash script so I can just call check zips

This is what I've got, but it's ignoring everything after the pipe and returning all output of the first command.

#!/bin/bash
QU=$1
svn st -u ~/includes ~/scripts ~/htdocs/intra ~/htdocs/update
~/htdocs/sponsor ~/survey ~/htdocs/coupon | grep "$QU"

How can I get this bash script to honor the grep call?

when i run the bash script as shown above, it returns the full output of svn st -u ~/includes ~/scripts ~/htdocs/intra ~/htdocs/update ~/htdocs/sponsor ~/survey ~/htdocs/coupon and ignores the ` | grep "$QU"` — I wrestled a bear once.
– I wrestled a bear once., Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 18:52
Make sure the whole pipe is really all on one line in the file; if there's a newline in there you'd have to remove or escape it. — TextGeek
– TextGeek, Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 18:53
@TextGeek that was the problem. Nano was adding linebreaks i didn't notice. — I wrestled a bear once.
– I wrestled a bear once., Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 19:06
Dang, I should have made that an answer instead of a comment, so the upvotes would count... :) Glad it worked for you! — TextGeek
– TextGeek, Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 19:09
@TextGeek, please, by all means go ahead. i don't get my little 2 points unless someone posts an answer for me to accept anyway :p — I wrestled a bear once.
– I wrestled a bear once., Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 19:13

TextGeek · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01 19:21:01Z

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Make sure the whole pipe is really all on one line in the file; if there's a newline in there you'd have to remove or escape it.

:)

answered Oct 1, 2015 at 19:21

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