12-19-2008
problem with grep in combination with xargs
Dear all,
I have tried the following 2 lines
xargs -t -i -exec grep -i -w {} file_1 >>test < file_2
cat -s file_2| xargs -t -i -exec grep -i -w {} file_1 >> test
They were meant to search for the contents of file_2 in file_1 and write the respective lines of file_1 into file "test" . But instead it writes a standard error output
grep -i -w "string1" File_1
grep -i -w "string2" File_1
grep -i -w "string3" File_1
and creates an empty file "test"
Any ideas why this doesn't work?
I f I copy each of the above lines from the standard error output
they work and produce the expected result
Your help is very much appreciated
Thanks
Bruno
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ZGREP(1) General Commands Manual ZGREP(1)
NAME
zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
SYNOPSIS
zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...
DESCRIPTION
Zgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. These grep options will cause zgrep to terminate with an error code:
(-[drRzZ]|--di*|--exc*|--inc*|--rec*|--nu*). All other options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the
standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to grep.
If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked.
EXIT CODE
2 - An option that is not supported was specified.
AUTHOR
Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
SEE ALSO
grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)
ZGREP(1)