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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Grep with special Characters Post 302587507 by jalpasoni on Thursday 5th of January 2012 06:39:26 AM
Old 01-05-2012
Grep with special Characters

Need Help For GREP

I have a file say g1.txt and content of file is below

Code:
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoDrives /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f ,
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoClose /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f ,
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v NoDispCPL /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f ,
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explore\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f , 
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v DisallowRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f , 
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall" /v NoAddRemovePrograms /t REG_DWORD /d1 /f ,

I want to check the string
Code:
"REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoDrives /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f" already exists or not in g1.txt file...using grep command..



 

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sup-add

SUP-ADD(1)						      General Commands Manual							SUP-ADD(1)

NAME

       sup-add - add a source to the Sup source list

SYNOPSIS

       sup-add [options] [source uri...]

DESCRIPTION

       Add one ore more sources to the Sup source list

       For mbox files on local disk, use the form:

	      mbox:<path to mbox file>, or

	      mbox://<path to mbox file>

       For Maildir folders, use the form:

	      maildir:<path to Maildir directory>; or

	      maildir://<path to Maildir directory>

OPTIONS

       --archive, -a
	      Automatically archive all new messages from thesesources.

       --unusual, -u
	      Do not automatically poll these sources for new messages.

       --labels, -l label
	      A comma-separated set of labels to apply to all messages from this source

       --force-new, -f
	      Create a new account for this source, even if one already exists

       --force-account, -o account
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       --version, -v
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FILES

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SEE ALSO

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