Question About Getting Line Numbers in a File

SkySmart · #1 (**permalink**) 08-19-2008

Ok, this is a unique question.

Say I have a word like "jamamamama" in a file called foo.bar.

Now, how do you get the line number that the word "jamammama" exist in the file foo.bar without having to go into the foo.bar file to edit it?

is there a command i can run on the foo.bar command to get the line number?

s_becker · #2 (**permalink**) 08-19-2008

Try grep -n [filename]

ynilesh · #3 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008

It should be like this,

Code:

grep -n "jamamamama" [filename]

- nilesh

matrixmadhan · #4 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008

Code:

awk '/pattern/ { print NR }' filename

fpmurphy · #5 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008

Code:

$ sed -n '/jamamamama/=' filename

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