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# 1  
Old 05-12-2009
Error grep part of file name
Hi,

I have a problem to use grep in my script .

If I want to grep the file for example : PTWO9089.txt
The code below works .
grep ^PONE

But, I dont know on how to grep the file like this 9066PTWO.txt
I'll try to use this code :
grep PTWO^ ,but it doesn't work.

For your info, the number will always change. Hope you guys can help me.
Thanks You.
# 2  
Old 05-12-2009
Code:
grep ".*PTWO"

to be more specific
Code:
grep -E ".*(PTWO)\.(txt)$"



"^" is used to search in the beginning. therefore nothing after "^" will not work.
"$" is used to search at the end.
# 3  
Old 05-12-2009
Code:
 
ls -l  | grep PTWO

# 4  
Old 05-12-2009
Code:
ls | grep "*PTWO*.txt"



cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 5  
Old 05-12-2009
no need to use ls and grep together for this case
Code:
ls *PWTO*.txt

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