02-06-2005
grep regex problem
Hi,
I am trying to do something with grep, but for some reason I just can't get it to to work.
I am looking for find a match in the second field, the length must be 10 characters and end with 'abc'.
The file is in this format:
<int><tab><field2>
I've tried a few patterns, some work, but they never work exactly how I expect them to.
This pattern: grep -i '[\t]\(.\)\{7\}abc$'
For some reason matches any lines where field 2 begins with the letter 't', the same goes for any letter used, [\s] doesn't match whitespaces either.
Thanks.
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lookbib(1) User Commands lookbib(1)
NAME
lookbib - find references in a bibliographic database
SYNOPSIS
lookbib database
DESCRIPTION
A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of bibliographic information. Each field starts on a line beginning with
a `%', followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents of the field, which may continue until the next line starting with
`%'.
The lookbib utility uses an inverted index made by indxbib to find sets of bibliographic references. It reads keywords typed after the `>'
prompt on the terminal, and retrieves records containing all these keywords. If nothing matches, nothing is returned except another `>'
prompt.
It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they have a common index made by indxbib(1). In that case, only the first argument
given to indxbib is specified to lookbib.
If lookbib does not find the index files (the .i[abc] files), it looks for a reference file with the same name as the argument, without the
suffixes. It creates a file with a .ig suffix, suitable for use with fgrep (see grep(1)). lookbib then uses this fgrep file to find refer-
ences. This method is simpler to use, but the .ig file is slower to use than the .i[abc] files, and does not allow the use of multiple
reference files.
FILES
x.ia
x.ib
x.ic index files
x.ig reference file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWdoc |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
addbib(1), grep(1), indxbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), attributes(5)
BUGS
Probably all dates should be indexed, since many disciplines refer to literature written in the 1800s or earlier.
SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 lookbib(1)