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That worked like a charm. Thanks.
On a side note,could you explain the code please.

This is the code

var=`cat /tmp/log/test.cfg | grep -i "TEST_NUM" | cut -c 19-21`
var1=`cat /tmp/log/test.cfg | grep -i "All_TEST_NUM" | cut -c 18-19`
cat /sware/log/20090305.log | grep -e...

Sweet , thats works like a champ. Thanks Franklin.:b:

I am glad i found this forum.

Thanks Franklin for yr quick resp, the sed version i have does not support -B option. I tried the awk option and i have trouble in the output of the above command. It prints all occurances of the...

Hi all , i need to grep for a string in a text file and print the string and the 3rd line above it.

As always , Thanks.

okay , let me rephrase. my bad.

I need to scan a file line by line and print multiple strings as they occur in the file. I know that grep finds the strings in a file and prints all occurences of...

how to use a for loop to scan one line at a time and grep for a string and print the output.

thanks so much.

I need help on how to do this.

1. grep for a string and print the third line above it
2. grep for a string and print the seventh line below it.
3. grep for a string and print third and seventh...

That worked. I am glad i found this forum. Thanks all again.

Thanks shamrock , i appreciate it.

Yes the file has other information and extra lines and they keep changing , but all i need is to grep for a three digit Tag: number starting with 140. Instaed of...

I am trying to use grep or awk to search for a specific number in a file. For eg.

grep -i "Tag: 140" filename.

The above command also lists other Tag: 140 like below.

Tag: 1409970...