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# 8  
Old 04-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
but slower for students to follow.
huh ?
# 9  
Old 04-28-2009
I alredy have an infraction from Room 101 on this topic. Topic closed.
Last edited by methyl; 04-28-2009 at 10:47 PM.. Reason: Removed all reference to ghostdog74.
# 10  
Old 04-29-2009
I am not sure how you are okay with all those error messages strewn all around. If you want to search for the exact string "script-filter = yes" in *.conf then you may want to enclose it within quotes:

Code:
$
$ cat file1.conf
blah blah blah
# are added to this list then the option [script-filtering]script-filter
blah blah blah
$
$ cat file2.conf
[script-filtering]
blah blah blah
$
$ cat file3.conf
blah blah blah
script-filter = yes
#script-filter = yes
blah blah blah blah script-filter = yes
# blah blah blah blah script-filter = yes
blah blah blah
$
$ grep "script-filter = yes" *.conf
file3.conf:script-filter = yes
file3.conf:#script-filter = yes
file3.conf:blah blah blah blah script-filter = yes
file3.conf:# blah blah blah blah script-filter = yes
$
$

If you want to find out lines that have "script-filter = yes" anywhere in the line, as long as the line does not start with "#", then you could do something like:

Code:
$
$ grep "^[^#]*script-filter = yes" *.conf
file3.conf:script-filter = yes
file3.conf:blah blah blah blah script-filter = yes
$

HTH,
tyler_durden

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