file1: has all words to be searched.
100007
200999
299997

File2: has all file names to be searched.

C:\search1.txt
C:\search2.txt
C:\search3.txt
C:\search4.txt

Outfile: should have all found lines.

Logic: Read each word in file1 and search each file in the list of File2; if the word found; print the entire line in outfile.

Pls help, thanks in advance.

Hi,

Check the below code

more search.sh
#!/bin/sh

while read line
do
stxt=`echo $line`
for i in `cat file2`
do
ftxt=`grep -i $stxt $i`
if [ -n "$ftxt" ];then
echo $ftxt >> Outfile
fi
done
done < file1[/QUOTE]

Hi

ignore the text "[/quote]" near done < file1

Abinaya
Thanks so much; I will test it;

you can use -f option of grep, if you have it

while read string
do
while read filename
do
if [[ `grep -c "$string" $filename` > 0 ]] then
grep "$string" $filename
fi
done < file2
done < file1


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

for file in *.txt;do
egrep -f file1 $file
done > out.txt