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Old 06-25-2010
grep only a string on command output
How can I grep exactly a string that has .,/ characters using grep?

Example: I want to grep ONLY string1 and not string1.more or string1.more.evenmore

#lsauth ALL|grep 'string1'

All output:
string1 <--- This is the only I want.
string1.more
string1.evenmore.
more.string1
evenmore.string1.more

thanks in advance.
regards
Israel.
# 2  
Old 06-25-2010
Code:
lsauth ALL | egrep '^string1$'

# 3  
Old 06-25-2010
Hi bartus11
umm.. doesn't work for me...:-(

I'm testing on AIX 6.1. When I run the command it does not return any output.

regards,
Israel.
# 4  
Old 06-25-2010
Hi

Code:
#lsauth ALL|grep 'string1[^.]'

Guru.
# 5  
Old 06-25-2010
Maybe there is space after or before "string1"? Try
Code:
lsauth ALL | egrep '^string1 $'

or
Code:
lsauth ALL | egrep '^ string1$'

Anyway real output generated by "lsauth" would be much more helpful.
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