Does anyone know what the double dashes in the following grep line mean?
grep -c -- "->"
The intent of the line is to have a long listing of a directory piped to it, and for it to count off the symbolic links based on the "->" characters. I'm not sure why the scripter decided to search for... (1 Reply)
Dear all
I have a file with more than one patters to search.Such as pattern.txt. I have to grep these patterns into a data file such as data.txt.how to do this ,i tried
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -f <pattern_file> <data_file>
Its not working. why or how to search pattern file ? (3 Replies)
Hi,
I've the following code in my program.
grep 'FILE_PREFIX' /cblconfig |grep -v '#' > $fpfx-filename
I'm not sure what second grep does.
Can someone explain this command?
Thanks (1 Reply)
Hi,
I was wondering, if there is any option with Grep, so that i can have couple of lines appearing before and after the search line within a result ?
Thanks in Advance.
Rgds - Prince. (4 Replies)
This is my command-line code in my script,
passwd=`grep $passwd $userfile | cut -f2 -d: login_users > retrieve`
the
cut -f2 -d: login_users > retrieve
searches and prints the whole column two. what I need is one of the items in the column two only.. what option can I add to my cut... (2 Replies)
I am trying to parse out a file using grep - I would like to use the -B option so that the grep command prints the previous 2 lines if/when my string is matched - listed below are two examples - one with the info I want printed to a new file and one with info I want ignored. Any help with the grep... (6 Replies)
grep -C option is not availbale and i am using korn shell.
Even -C option in man grep is not showing..
Input file : test.txt
111
333
444
555
aaa
bbbb
Command :
grep -C1 555 test.txt
Required output:
444
555 (8 Replies)
Dear Team,
I am using DB2 v10.5 and trying to load huge data using MERGE option ( 10-12 Million) using below query. Basically it loads data from staging to target . Staging table schemaname.Customer_Staging has 12 Million records . Runs for 25 Mins for just select query. But while doing merge... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
col
COL(1) BSD General Commands Manual COL(1)NAME
col -- filter reverse line feeds from input
SYNOPSIS
col [-bfhpx] [-l num]
DESCRIPTION
The col utility filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in the correct order with only forward and half for-
ward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of nroff(1) and
tbl(1).
The col utility reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
The options are as follows:
-b Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to each column position.
-f Forward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode). Normally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed on the fol-
lowing line.
-h Do not output multiple spaces instead of tabs (default).
-l num Buffer at least num lines in memory. By default, 128 lines are buffered.
-p Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally, col will filter out any control sequences from the input
other than those recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below.
-x Output multiple spaces instead of tabs.
The control sequences for carriage motion that col understands and their decimal values are listed in the following table:
ESC-7 reverse line feed (escape then 7)
ESC-8 half reverse line feed (escape then 8)
ESC-9 half forward line feed (escape then 9)
backspace moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column
carriage return (13)
newline forward line feed (10); also does carriage return
shift in shift to normal character set (15)
shift out shift to alternate character set (14)
space moves forward one column (32)
tab moves forward to next tab stop (9)
vertical tab reverse line feed (11)
All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded.
The col utility keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes sure the character set is correct when they are output.
If the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line, col will display a warning message.
ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of col as described in environ(7).
EXIT STATUS
The col utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO colcrt(1), expand(1), nroff(1), tbl(1)STANDARDS
The col utility conforms to Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv2'').
HISTORY
A col command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
BSD August 4, 2004 BSD
06-15-2012
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