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Old 03-18-2009
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Originally Posted by beginner82 View Post
Hi,

I have to write s script to check an input file for invalid characters. In this script I have to find the exact line of the invalid character. If the input file contain 2 invalid character sat line 10 and 17, the script will show the value 10 and 17. Any help is appreciated.
in that case try
Code:
 
 awk '$0 ~ /anycharacter/{print "line no : "NR}' filename