1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'd like to grep a pattern of a version number as *_number.number.number number should be digit my grep is |egrep '^*++\.+' It works for V_3.2.1 or V _5.3.2 but not with V_43.6.543 !!!!! How can I specify any repetition of digit in the ? thanks, (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I am using egrep command to search one pattern. Following is the command i am using egrep -i "ACL*" filename but its also giving me the records which do not contain ACL. any help would be appreciated. Regards, Sam (3 Replies)

3. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

Hi Please can someone help me with a query. Will the following query bring back 'Jolly Brewers'. My understanding is that it will bring back either 'Jolly' or 'Brewers' but not 'Jolly Brewers'....because of the pipe egrep '(Jolly)|(Brewers)' Public_Houses Please can someone confirm? ... (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am writing a bash script which will dynamically generate an egrep command searching for a number of times within a file. The problem is that I am putting a space in a variable called timestr. When I echo the variable the space comes out normally: '(2011-10-05 12:|2011-10-05 13)' ... (6 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Here is my question. I have two files, file1.txt and file2.txt. I need the line number (index number) of file2.txt where the words in file1.txt appear. But they have to be in the same order as file1.txt. In example, file1.txt Z K A ... T file2.txt W A Q R (6 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

cat /tmp/inventory.csv|grep AARP|egrep -v "T11|12.4\(7\)" how do i exclude in addition to above 12.4\(3\) I have tried adding this in i.e -v "T11|12.4\(7\)|12.4\(3\)" but it did not work (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello folks, Here's how my current egrep command works: egrep "NY|DC|LA|VA|MD" state_data.txt I am planning to use a file to enter all allowable state values like say a new state_names.lookup with the following data: NY DC LA VA MD egrep "`cat state_names.lookup`"... (6 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guys, I need hepl on egrep commnad I have one file and i need grep only specific lines.. EX: 2012-04-01 02:15:14 w 2012-04-01 02:15:14 w 2012-04-01 02:15:14 w 2012-10-26 02:15:14 w 2012-04-01 02:15:14 w 2012-10-26 02:15:14 w 2012-10-26 02:15:14 w 2012-10-26 03:18:56 M... (1 Reply)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

my file is below REREGISTER is something to Failed to create the request Failed to create the request in not easy I know how REREGISTERcommand i run is egrep 'REREGISTER|Failed|to|create|the|request' test1 expected output REREGISTER is something to Failed to create the request i should... (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello guys, I have an issue when trying to do an egrep -v on a file, let me show you. I want to filter the last column as to where it filters out the columns with asterisks and zeros ( * and 0 ) it is working properly up to a certain point where I have a value of '10000' which is also getting... (3 Replies)