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Old 08-21-2007
grep the pattern followed by newline
Hi
I have a problem using grep to find a pattern followed by newline.
Here is my file
Code:
xxxxxxxxxxxpattern
patternxxxxxx
pattern
xxxpattern
xxpatternx
xxxxxxyyyyxxxx

I want the result to be like this
Code:
xxxxxxxxxxxpattern
pattern
xxxpattern

Please help
Last edited by rbatte1; 07-07-2016 at 11:39 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 08-21-2007
Just add a '$' at the end of your pattern to match the end of the line:

Code:
grep "pattern$"

Last edited by rbatte1; 07-07-2016 at 11:39 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 08-21-2007
Thanks a lot that works
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