06-03-2008
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Originally Posted by
pravani1
But the value of numbers are not fixed. But i want to grep only last min to max nos.... please help
What does grep have to do with this?
And what do you mean by min to max with relation to 'last 3'?
Here's a simple was to get the sorted last 3:
sort -un filename | tail -3
Here's a simple was to get the min and max:
sort -un filename | head -1 ; sort -un filename | tail -1
FYI: The u switch produces unique output, while the n switch sorts numerically (i.e. so 234 comes before 1234).
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Intersting:
For curiosity, I changed one of the 432 values in the middle to 0432 then tried it and got this result:
sort -un filename
315
381
382
0432
433
I had to use sort WITHOUT the u switch followed by uniq to include both 0432 and 432:
sort -n filename | uniq
315
381
382
0432
432
433
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look(1) General Commands Manual look(1)
NAME
look - Finds lines in a sorted list
SYNOPSIS
look [-df] [-tcharacter] string [file]
The look command prints all lines in a sorted file that begin with string.
OPTIONS
Uses dictionary order; only letters, digits, tabs, and spaces are used in comparisons. Searches without regard to case; treats uppercase
and lowercase as equivalent. Ignores character and characters following it in the search string. If you specify look -tC ABCDE, the
string ABCDE would become (in effect) AB, with CDE being ignored. This option is primarily for shell scripts, in which more than one
string is being processed.
DESCRIPTION
If no file is specified, look searches in the system word list /usr/share/dict/words, with the options -df assumed by default.
The look command uses binary search.
The -d and -f options affect comparisons as in sort.
NOTES
In order to use the -f option, you must first sort file with the sort -f command; otherwise, look displays only lowercase items.
If you do not specify -f, but specify a file (such as /usr/share/dict/words) that has been sorted with sort -f, look may not produce any
output.
EXAMPLES
To search a sorted file called sortfile for all lines that begin with the string as, enter: look as sortfile To search the system word list
for all words beginning with smi, enter: look smi
This might result in: smile smirk smith smithereens Smithfield Smithson smithy smitten
FILES
System word list.
SEE ALSO
Commands: grep(1), sort(1), spell(1)
look(1)