Hi,
I am a unix newbie.

I am trying the following to search for a number of words in a text file (@unix command prompt), but the entire file contents are displayed. Can anyone tell me where I am making a mistake? Thanks Mitesh

for i in `cat /tmp/mylist`
> do
> grep i /etc/passwd
> done

mylist contains Users names.

Thanks
Mitesh

#!/bin/ksh

# untested as I'm not near a unix box and
# I'm assuming there's one word per line

while read i
do
grep "$i" /etc/passwd
done < /tmp/mylist

Ah silly me, I was forgetting to add the '$' sign before the variable.. It now works. Thanks mate!

Mitesh