Bash array pipe

[Tuxytux]

Hey there !

I am trying to do this
P=`echo "${array[i][j]}" | grep $somevalue`
echo $P

But P seems to get filled with blank spaces. echo "${array[i][j]}" alone works fine but piping it to grep doesnt work it seems. Is there a better way of doing this?

Appreciate any help.
Ara

[debiman]

please show us fully working examples.
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what are you trying to achieve? it seems convoluted (grep will return the whole line anyway).
it could most probably be achieved with pure bash (grep is an external utility, and every pipe '|' opens a new shell, try to avoid that).

[Tuxytux]

You are right. I dont need the grep, i assumed i did in the back of my mind(new to bash). Thanks!