fix for handling of tab character for gnu grep

josh-tepper · May 14, 2019 · 589e868 · 589e868
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diff --git a/star/star_bash_source_files/star_source b/star/star_bash_source_files/star_source
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ function s() {
       return 2
    fi
    star_name=$1
-   star_dir=$(grep -m 1 -i "^${star_name}\t" $STAR_FILE | awk -F$'\t' '{print $2}')
+   tab=$'\t'
+   star_dir=$(grep -m 1 -i "^${star_name}${tab}" $STAR_FILE | awk -F$'\t' '{print $2}')
    if [ -z "$star_dir" ]; then
       echo "no starred dir found for ${star_name}" >&2
       return 1