replacing variable in sed command

From: kpakya (member46713_at_dbforums.com)
Date: 11/03/03

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    Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:52:59 -0500

    Can anyone tell me how do i substitute some shell variable in the search
    pattern of a sed command . e.g.

    for file in *tc

    do

     sed -n 's/^.*\($file\).*$//g' temp1 > temp2

    done

    i know the above wont work, but i have written it show my intention

    Here $file should be replaced by shell variable file

    thanks and regards

    kpakya 

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