Hello all, nv7.1 aix433

i need to do a ksh script who seach a string character in a variable

what is the sentence for that ? i mean like  :

 grep "rule 11" $alert...

i would like to do something like that :

if  ( grep "rule 11" $alert ) = 1 then  # if we found this string then do
instructions
  # instructions
end if

but the variable does'nt work like a file :  grep "rule 11" script.sh

it will be apreciated 
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