String matching - Shell Programming and Scripting

mpang_ · #1 07-28-2006

for a certain directory, I want to grep a particular file called ABCD so what I do is

ls /my/dir | grep -i "ABCD" | awk '{print $9}'

however, there is also this file called ABCDEFG, the above command would reurn both file when I only want ABCD, please help!

aigles · #2 07-28-2006

Move the sed logic in awk :

Code:

ls -l /my/dir | awk 'toupper($9)=="ABCD" {print $9}'

Jean-Pierre.

Klashxx · #3 07-28-2006

Or:

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpang_

ll /my/dir | grep -i "ABCD$" | awk '{print $9}'

Regards

mpang_ · #4 07-28-2006

thanks you guys! you guys ROCK!

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