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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How do i search for the contents of list1 in list2? Post 302375088 by grom on Thursday 26th of November 2009 11:48:13 AM
Old 11-26-2009
How do i search for the contents of list1 in list2?
hello all,
I have 2 files, list1 and list2.
They can each have several thousand lines each.

I want to check if list2 has any of the contents of list1, perhaps using a grep so that for instance if list1 contained

arb1000

and list2 contained

arb1000tt

It would match this and pipe it out to seperate file, list3.

I have tried a foreach loop but i get error message, "Too many words from ``" and having looked in the forums I am now not even sure if that was the best way of going about it.

Anybody able to advise what the best way to do this sort of thing is?

Many Thanks
 

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ns_for

ns_lctl(3aolserver)					    AOLserver Built-In Commands 				       ns_lctl(3aolserver)

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NAME

       ns_for, ns_foreach, ns_while, ns_lctl - Replacements for standard Tcl loop commands which enable monitoring and control

SYNOPSIS

       ns_for start test next body
       ns_foreach varname list body
       ns_foreach varlist1 list1 ?varlist2 list2 ...? body
       ns_while test body
       ns_lctl cancel id
       ns_lctl eval id script
       ns_lctl info id
       ns_lctl install command
       ns_lctl list
       ns_lctl pause id
       ns_lctl result id
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DESCRIPTION

       The  ns_for, ns_foreach, and ns_while commands are replacements for cooresponding Tcl commands with the additional capability of monitoring
       and control through the ns_lctl command.

       ns_for start test next body
	      See the for(n) man page for usage.

       ns_foreach start test next body
	      See the foreach(n) man page for usage.

       ns_foreach varlist1 list1 ?varlist2 list2 ...? body
	      See the foreach(n) man page for usage.

       ns_while test body
	      See the while(n) man page for usage.

       ns_lctl cancel id
	      Mark the given loop to cancel at the next iteration, resulting in the loop returning with TCL_ERROR.

       ns_lctl eval id script

       ns_lctl info id

       ns_lctl install command

       ns_lctl list

       ns_lctl pause id

       ns_lctl result id

SEE ALSO

       for(n), foreach(n), while(n)

KEYWORDS

       threads, iteration, list, looping, cancel

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