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Multiple search string in multiple files using awk
Hi,

filenames:
contains name of list of files to search in.

placelist
contains the names of places to be searched in all files in "filenames"

Code:
for i in $(<filenames)
do
egrep -f placelist  $i
if [[ $? == 0 ]]
then
echo $i
fi
done >> outputfile

Output i am getting:
Quote:
abcdefghi
file1
kjlmnop
file2
inkoo
kiiou
file3
I want output like this.

Quote:
file1:abcdefghi
file2:kjlmnop
file3:inkoo
file3:kiiou
Appreciate help
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KPSEWHICH(1)						      General Commands Manual						      KPSEWHICH(1)

NAME

       kpsewhich - standalone path lookup and and expansion for kpathsea

SYNOPSIS

       kpsewhich [options] [filenames]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.	The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
       Kpathsea: A library for path searching.

       kpsewhich is used as a standalone front-end of the kpathsea library that can be used to examine variables and find files.  When the  --for-
       mat  option  is	not given, the search path used when looking for a file is inferred from the name given, by looking for a known extension.
       If no known extesion is found, the search path for TeX source files is used.

OPTIONS

       kpsewhich accepts the following options:

       --debug num
	      Set debugging flags.

       -D num Use a base resolution of num; the default, set by the installer, is typically 600.

       --dpi num
	      As -D.

       --expand-braces string
	      Print variable and brace expansion of string.

       --expand-path string
	      Print complete path expansion of string.

       --expand-var string
	      Print variable expansion of string.

       --format name
	      Use file type name.  See the info manual for a list of valid names, or use the --help option to print the list.

       --help Print help message and exit.

       --interactive
	      Ask for additional filenames to look up.

       --mktex fmt
	      enable mktexfmt generation.  (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)

       --mode string
	      Set device name for $MAKETEX_MODE to string; no default.

       --must-exist
	      Search the disk as well as ls-R if necessary.

       --no-mktex fmt
	      disable mktexfmt generation.  (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)

       --path string
	      Search in the path string.

       --progname string
	      Set program name to string.

       --show-path name
	      Output search path for file type name.  See the info manual for a list of valid names, or use the --help option to print the list.

       --version
	      Print version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

       mktexlsr(1), mktexmf(1), mktexpk(1), mktextfm(1).

Kpathsea 3.3.1							  4 January 1998						      KPSEWHICH(1)