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Old 05-14-2014
How to search multiple word using grep command?
How to search multiple word using grep command
for example i want to reserch
Code:
ANJ001
AA

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Old 05-14-2014
try
Code:
grep "ANJ001.*AA" filename # if you want both words
egrep -i 'ANJ001|AA' filename # if want either of the word

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