hi all

i am using

grep -i abc 1_abc_unix
grep -i def 2_def_oracle

wirh this i will get the exact result.
but if the pattern contains the search patern then it is creating problem
like

grep -i abc 1_abc_unic
grep -i abc 1_def_abcd

so it will return trur for 1_def_abcd pattern also, but i dont want this , the result should only if the pattern matches within _ and _ .

using cut command and then searching would be cumbersome.
i hope there would be some short way out.

please help.

i think this will help
grep -i "\_abc\_" filename

if the file is like:-
1_def_alpha_abc_bts then it will not work.

i want only first 2 _ to besearched.

I assume you know that the second argument to grep is a file name, and that you really mean

Perhaps grep -w would be sufficient. But if you only want matches on the second field, perhaps you should consider awk instead.

If your awk doesn't have tolower(), see if you have nawk or mawk or gawk or XPG4 awk on your system somewhere.

Check the grep -w option.

w option is for the exact search.

Thanks...

grep -w did not work

grep -w did not work.
please suggest something diff.