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# 8  
Old 04-28-2010
Probably linux then. My next guess would be that the shell glob isn't covering all the files you think it is. What is the exact command you're typing for head?
# 9  
Old 04-28-2010
head -50 (file name)
# 10  
Old 04-28-2010
I mean, literally, what you type for head, character by character. (file name) isn't your real filename so I can't tell if your glob's wrong.
# 11  
Old 04-28-2010
head -50 153_eveningtime_done_log.txt
# 12  
Old 04-28-2010
Code:
grep -ci "invalid" *_eveningtimes_done_log.txt

Code:
head -50 153_eveningtime_done_log.txt

There you go. Smilie
# 13  
Old 04-28-2010
Didnt work.
# 14  
Old 04-28-2010
Did you try to copy these 50 lines in a new file and run grep again?
It worked for me. If it works for you too, than there may be something wrong with the *.txt file.
Maybe it's created on Windows and needs to run through dos2unx first or the like?
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