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Old 12-16-2008
How to find the string in file.

Hi All

Iam new this forum,

just i want know someting about the files:

My req: i have file in that i want to search one string, if it is avaible then show the line ,otherwise it will show that the string is not available in the file,

for this i am useing if then else with out - q option in grep.
please give me the another way to do this tink

thanks
psi
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Old 12-16-2008
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Originally Posted by psi
Hi All

Iam new this forum,

just i want know someting about the files:

My req: i have file in that i want to search one string, if it is avaible then show the line ,otherwise it will show that the string is not available in the file,

for this i am useing if then else with out - q option in grep.
please give me the another way to do this tink

thanks
psi
Code:
grep 'pattern' file || "String not found"

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