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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Should pick latest file within past 3 days using UNIX script and perform steps in message below. Post 303008851 by Chubler_XL on Thursday 7th of December 2017 12:24:14 AM
Old 12-07-2017
It looks like your file has some characters that are non-text and grep is assuming the file is binary.

You can force grep to treat your file as text with the -a option:

eg: replace your grep command in the script as follows:

Code:
       if [ $? -eq 1 ] 
       then
           # copy all data that has GENERIC to "other file"
           grep -a "GENERIC" $file >> ./"other file"
       fi

 

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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  invokes  grep  on  compressed  or  gzipped  files.   These  grep	options  will  cause  zgrep  to  terminate  with  an  error  code:
       (-[drRzZ]|--di*|--exc*|--inc*|--rec*|--nu*).  All other options specified are passed directly to grep.  If no file is specified,  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 the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked.

EXIT CODE

       2 - An option that is not supported was specified.

AUTHOR

       Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)

SEE ALSO

       grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)

																	  ZGREP(1)
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