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dig nameserver domain | $variable doesn't work

What am I doing wrong?

This works:

ns="ns.nameserver.co.uk"
d="domain.co.uk"
dig @$ns $d A | grep $d

However using just a variable after pipe does not (it hangs):

ns="ns.nameserver.co.uk"
d="domain.co.uk"
g=$(grep $d | grep -v "DiG")
dig @$ns $d A | $g

Do I need to do something special after the pipe so it knows to run the grep command from the g variable? Using backticks (historic) fails as well.

Solution

  • Use eval

    ns="ns.nameserver.co.uk"
d="domain.co.uk"
g="grep $d | grep -v 'DiG'"
dig @$ns $d A | eval $g