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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Eliminate Hyphenated Words in Grep Post 302686009 by sudon't on Monday 13th of August 2012 08:46:29 PM
Old 08-13-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by in2nix4life
is this what you're trying to do?

Code:
cat file 

one
two-three
four-five
six seven
eight

grep -v '\-' file 

one
six seven
eight

Yes, that is precisely what I'm trying to do. Although, I am no longer trying, I am doing. Thank you.

God, the 'v' flag.... [head shaking]....
 

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