a small problem today, I'm grepping a log file containing lines like this below:
in this file I'm grepping expressions in "blabla" and I count how many off them are found per minute
like this for example:
I want to wildcard "Mar 09 " so my grep is not dependant on the day anymore
(which can be "Thu 21 " or anything else)
I'm trying to delete lines from a large text file using VI.
Every line that I am wanting to delete start with 'S' - all others do not. (A list of users)
I've tried using * but doesn't seem to like it...any ideas...
Doesn't have to be VI - but I'm better with VI than sed/awk. (8 Replies)
on my SCO UNIX wild cards are not displaying wanted result.
Why like that . I think that i was not using proper command .
what are there . how can i use the wildcards in UNIX. (7 Replies)
when writing a shell script (bourne) and using a unix command like 'ls' is there anything special you need to do to use a wildcard (like *)? (3 Replies)
ok, I'm trying to write a script file that lists files with specific elements in the name into a txt file, it looks like this
ls s*.dat > file_names.txt
can't figure out whats wrong with that line, any ideas?
thanks in advance (10 Replies)
Hi All
Please excuse another straightforward question. When creating a tar archive from a directory I am attempting to use wildcards to eliminate certain filetypes (otherwise the archive gets too large). So I am looking for something along these lines.
tar -cf archive.tar * <minus all *.rst... (5 Replies)
These 2 websites do a GREAT job of explaining different types of wildcards. I learned about the categories of characters which I never knew about at all.
GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Guide - Wildcards
GREP (1 Reply)
Hi
I have 2 directories t1 and t2 with some files in it. I have to see whether the files present in t1 is also there in t2 or not. Currently, both the directories contain the same files as shown below:
$ABC.TXT
def.txt
Now, when I run the below script, it tells def.txt is found,... (5 Replies)
Hi all
I want to search for number in file presented with wildcard as shown below.
cat file.txt
1405
1623
1415
.......
.......
How to search for the number 141526 for example?
If the number exist print "Number 141526 exist" if no, print "The number not exist"
Thank you in advance. (3 Replies)
Platforms : Solaris 10 and RHEL 5.6
I always get double quotes , single quotes and asteriks mixed up for find, ls and grep commands.
The below commands retrieve the correct results. But , unders stress , I get all these mixed up :mad: .So, i wanted to get a clear picture.
Please check if... (7 Replies)
job_count=`grep -e "The job called .* has finished | The job called .* is running" logfile.txt | wc -l`
Any idea how to count those 2 patterns so i have a total count of the finished and running jobs from the log file?
If i do either of the patterns its works okay but adding them together... (8 Replies)