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Old 08-10-2009
Command filtering ONLY rows NOT beginning with '*'
I need a command which filters rows ONLY NOT beginning with '*'

So far I have following NOT sufficient command, because it does not include ALL possible literals except of '*'

Code:
 
grep ^[a-zA-Z0-9' '] INPUT_FILE >>OUTPUT_FILE

Is it possible to write something like

Code:
 
grep NOT ^[*] INPUT_FILE >>OUTPUT_FILE

Thanks

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Note: it is bash-shell
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Old 08-10-2009
Code:
grep -v ^[*] INPUT_FILE >>OUTPUT_FILE

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Old 08-10-2009
Code:
grep -v \^\* INPUT_FILE >>OUTPUT_FILE

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Old 08-10-2009
Simple rule of shell programming: if you want to match a shell special character like wildcards, escape/quote them:
Code:
grep -v '^*' INPUT_FILE >> OUTPUT_FILE
grep -v ^\* INPUT_FILE >> OUTPUT_FILE

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