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Greetings All!

I am trying to use a modified bash script from a fellow sysop to import msg
areas into maximus bbs, I changed the particulars to my setup and left the
rest alone.  I get a grep error, I was hoping someone here could spot the
error as grep is not my strong suit.

here is the error running the script.

Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
Try 'grep --help' for more information.

(yes I typed help, did not help me)

here are the two areas in the script calling grep

cat /fido/etc/areas_fidonet | grep EchoArea | grep 1:105/81 |sort> $TMPFILE
while read -r line
do
        TAGLONG=`echo $line|awk {'print $2'}`
        TAGSHORT=`echo $line|awk {'print $2'}|sed s/FIDO_//`
        FILE=`echo $line|awk {'print $3'}`
        DESC=`cat backbone.na | grep $TAGLONG | awk '{$1=""; print $0}'|sed
's/\r$//'`



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Regards,


 Rick Smith (Nitro)

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