elif [ "$option" = "drill" ] ; then set -vx echo ' what is the broadest pattern to be searched?' read patte #grep -i $patte database.db > temp_grep.txt echo 'what is the next pattern?' read patte while ! [ -z $patte ] ; do grep -i $patte temp_grep.txt > temp_grep1.txt echo 'what is the next pattern?' read patte cat temp_grep1.txt > temp_grep.txt done cat temp_grep1.txt | less