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Old 05-01-2011
finding pattern without grep in unix
how can i find related pattern in a text file without using grep command in unix
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Old 05-01-2011
You can for example use sed and awk (or nawk if on solaris)
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Old 05-01-2011
you may use Perl or Python as well
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