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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to catch a two word keyword which may contain a new line(may include spaces or tab) in it? Post 302722291 by neelmani on Friday 26th of October 2012 04:24:49 PM
Old 10-26-2012
How to catch a two word keyword which may contain a new line(may include spaces or tab) in it?
How to catch a two word keyword which may contain a new line(may include spaces or tab) in it.
for example there is a file a.txt.
Code:
$more a.txt
create view 
as
(select  from
.........
..........
(   select
....
(
select
......
..
 
select only no (((
number
(             select
end

Code:
 grep "([[:space:]]*select" a.txt
output:
(select  from
(   select
(             select

but i want the 3rd select also to be caught(where there is a newline between "(" and "select" keyword)
i.e
(
select
what modification i should do in my grep command?
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 10-26-2012 at 05:52 PM..
 

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NAME

       jstest - joystick test program

SYNOPSIS

       jstest [--normal] [--old] [--event] [--nonblock] [--select] <device-name>

DESCRIPTION

       jstest  can be used to test all the features of the Linux joystick API, including non-blocking and select(2) access, as well as version 0.x
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       It is also intended to serve as an example implementation for those who wish to learn how to write their own joystick using applications.

OPTIONS

       --normal
	      One-line mode showing immediate status.

       --old  Same as --normal, using 0.x interface.

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       --nonblock
	      Same as --event, in nonblocking mode.

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SEE ALSO

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AUTHOR

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