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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers How to write a script to match a searched name to a given list? Post 303005412 by Aia on Tuesday 17th of October 2017 10:41:50 PM
Old 10-17-2017
Add the -F flag to grep to interpret the value as a string instead of a regex
Quote:
Originally Posted by aheyhey
Code:
#!/bin/bash
freq="$(grep "\<$1\>" filename | cut -f2 -d',')"
grep -F "$freq" filename | cut -f1 -d',' | sort

 

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LEARN ABOUT X11R4

xtgetclassextension

XtGetClassExtension(3)						   XT FUNCTIONS 					    XtGetClassExtension(3)

NAME

       XtGetClassExtension - locate a class extension record

SYNTAX

       XtPointer XtGetClassExtension(WidgetClass object_class, Cardinal byte_offset, XrmQuark type, long version, Cardinal record_size);

ARGUMENTS

       object_class
		 Specifies the widget class containing the extension list to be searched.

       byte_offset
		 Specifies the offset in bytes form the base of the widget class of the extension field to be searched.

       type	 Specifies the name of the class extension to be located.

       version	 Specifies the minimum acceptable version of the class extension required for a match.

       record_size
		 Specifies the minimum acceptable length of the class extension record required for match, or 0.

DESCRIPTION

       The list of extension records at the specified offset in the specified widget_class will be searched for a match on the specified type, a
       version greater than or equal to the specified version, and a record size greater than or equal the specified record_size if it is nonzero.
       XtGetClassExtension returns a pointer to a matching extension record or NULL if no match is found. The returned extension record is owned
       by the widget class and must not be modified or freed by the caller, except possibly to be modified by the widget class owner.

SEE ALSO

       X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
       Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11							    libXt 1.0.5 					    XtGetClassExtension(3)
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