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 -B command structure would be helpful.
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)
Hello,
I am processing a text file which contains only words with few combination of characters (it is a dictionary file).
example:
havana
have
haven
haven't
havilland
havoc
Is there a way to exclude only 1 to 8 character long words which not include space or special characters : '-`~.. so... (5 Replies)
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)
In solaris, i m trying to find the files having a particulat extension and then from the list i want to exclude those files which is present in a file.
But it seems the -f and -v option are not working
find $source -type f -name $extn | /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -F -v -f $exclude | while read... (7 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)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
zgrep
ZGREP(1) General Commands Manual ZGREP(1)NAME
zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
SYNOPSIS
zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...
DESCRIPTION
Zgrep is used to invoke the grep on compress'ed or gzip'ed files. All options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is speci-
fied, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and
fed to grep.
If zgrep is invoked as zegrep or zfgrep then egrep or fgrep is used instead of grep. If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses
it as the grep program to be invoked. For example:
for sh: GREP=fgrep zgrep string files
for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; zgrep string files)
AUTHOR
Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
SEE ALSO grep(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), zdiff(1), zmore(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)ZGREP(1)