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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Advance string pattern search Please Post 302143088 by sainj on Tuesday 30th of October 2007 10:56:09 AM
Old 10-30-2007
Yogesh.. Thanks for the reply..

any_1_char mean = > it can be Y or N or 1 etc
any_2_char means => it can be 18, 21, 01.. etc

So for the follwing 'AK*any_1_char*any_2_char*510', I am using regular expression. Like below.

find . -name AJ128\* -exec /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -il -E 'AK\*N\**\*510' {} \; | wc -l

But it was not working.

1. And I want to retrieve all file names with all the conditions
2. And I want to retrieve total no of files with all the conditions

Thanks for the help..
 

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whereis(1)						      General Commands Manual							whereis(1)

NAME

       whereis - locate source, binary, and/or manual for program

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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	      Search for unusual entries.
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	      Limit search to binaries located in one or more specified directories.
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WARNINGS

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AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

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