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Old 04-29-2009
CPU & Memory how to find the line number of a pattern of first appearance??
Hi,

I am doin a project in shell script please answer the above question.....


waiting........
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Old 04-29-2009
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Originally Posted by shivarajM
how to find the line number of a pattern of first appearance??
Hi,

I am doin a project in shell script please answer the above question.....


waiting........
Maybe like this:

Code:
perl -ne '{/<your_pattern>/ and print $.,"\n"}' <your_file> | head -1

tyler_durden
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Old 04-29-2009
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Originally Posted by durden_tyler
Maybe like this:

Code:
perl -ne '{/<your_pattern>/ and print $.,"\n"}' <your_file> | head -1

tyler_durden
why not put an exit so you could do away with the head .

@OP, put in some effort. this is your project/homework after all.
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