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Old 08-31-2008
Franklin52 Franklin52 is offline Forum Staff  
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Use egrep, search for $var1 OR $var2:


Code:
egrep "[$var1]|[$var2]" file

Invert match:


Code:
egrep -v "[$var1]|[$var2]" file

Search for $var1 AND $var2:


Code:
egrep "$var1.*$var2|$var2.*$var1" file

Invert match:


Code:
egrep -v "$var1.*$var2|$var2.*$var1" file

Regards
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-31-2008 at 07:29 AM.. Reason: Adding invert match