Hello I am new to this forum and have been perplexed by this issue for the last hour of my life, I've tried to search everywhere for a solution to my syntax error, but here is my code.

grep -wvnf 'noise.dat' sample.out | sort

output:
4:Java Swing
5:Swing Java
6:Software Requirements Analysis
7:Requirements Analysis Software
8:Analysis Software Requirements

my desired ouput should be

1 Analysis Software Requirements
2 Filters Pipes and
3 Java Swing
4 Pipes and Filters
5 Requirements Analysis Software
6 Software Requirements Analysis
7 Swing Java

with the line "and Filters Pipes" omitted.

I have tried doing grep -wvnf '^noise.dat' sample.out | sort

with the ^ symbol in there but i get the "grep: ^noise.dat: No such file or directory" with so many different variations, but I just cannot figure it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have spent so much time on this, and yes I do know I am noob, but my professor for this class is horrible.

It is against the rules of the forum to post homework questions. I shall try only to guide you in the right direction. No direct solutions.

What are the contents of sample.out and noise.dat ? Also "^" is used when you are using a string and not when using an input file.

this is most definitely not the homework question, only 1 line of code in a larger script that basically uses circular shifting to move the first word to the end of the string repeatedly and later on post the results.


noise.dat is a file created that contains

the
a
an
and
or

sample.out contains (created by the script i wrote)

Analysis Software Requirements
and Filters Pipes
Filters Pipes and
Java Swing
Pipes and Filters
Requirements Analysis Software
Software Requirements Analysis
Swing Java

I didn't realize that ^ cannot be used with an input file, and is only associated with strings, Ill keep going at it. I guess Ill add some kind of if statement in my script to just get rid of any strings that begin with any of the "noise.dat" contents, since grep is being elusive.