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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Find EXACT word in files, just the word: no prefix, no suffix, no 'similar', just the word Post 302613981 by rbatte1 on Wednesday 28th of March 2012 05:42:40 AM
Old 03-28-2012
Can you confirm the content of your control file please. i suspect that you have something like the following (using ^ to mark start of line and $ to mark the end):-
Code:
^Word1$
^Fred$
^Sun$
^Choc$

... so what you are matching is the string listed on each line (e.g. Sun) so this will match anywhere it finds Sun, e.g. Sunny, Sunday, WhitSun etc. What you might need is a tweak in your control file. What are the delimiters in the file you are searching? If they are spaces, then you need to generate you control file with spaces at the beginning and end of each line, so (using same markers):-
Code:
^ Word1 $
^ Fred $
^ Sun $
^ Choc $

That way, it will match the whole string including the spaces before and after. Of course you then have the problem that some records you want may only have a space before or after, so you might have to get a little more inventive.

Does this help?


If you already have a large control file to search with, then using vi you can enter the following commands to insert a space at the beggining and end of each line:-
Code:
:%s /^/ /
:%s /$/ /


I hope that this (and the explanation) helps, but feel free to write back with more examples where it doesn't quite work.



Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn, UK
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

connectagram

CONNECTAGRAM(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   CONNECTAGRAM(1)

NAME

       connectagram - word unscrambling game

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page explains the Debian package connectagram .  Connectagram is a word unscrambling game. The board consists of several scram-
       bled words that are joined together. You can choose the length of the words, the amount of words,  and  the  pattern  that  the	words  are
       arranged  in. The game provides a hint option for times when you are stuck, and features an online word lookup that fetches the definitions
       of each word from www.dict.org.	Your current progress is automaticalla saved.

       Note that this game involves a large and varied word list, some of which may be considered inappropriate for children.  You  can  edit  the
       file containing the word list if you wish to remove words from your game. The location of this file varies by platform.

CONFIGURATION

       Connectionagram uses the configuration file ~/.config/GottCode/Connectagram.conf .

       It supports the following options. Each line must be in the format 'option = value'.

       Count	  the number of words

       Length	   the length of each word

FILES

       ~/.config/GottCode/Connectagram.conf
	      Configuration file with default options.

AUTHORS

       connectagram was written by Graeme Gott <graeme@gottcode.org>

       This manual page was written by Tang Ke <tangk@lemote.com>, for the Debian project.

								     May 2010							   CONNECTAGRAM(1)
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