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Old 07-13-2010
Search for last instance of word in a file
Hi

I'm trying to search for the last instance of the word 'cache' in a HTML file that I have downloaded from YouTube.
I'm using the following syntax, but an error is thrown when I try it.
Code:
grep -f "cache"

Also I wish to append the above grep command to the below so that the search for cache is completed as part of the below script.

Code:
vidid=$(sed -n "/fmt_url_map/{s/[\'\"\|]/\n/g;p}"  $file > youtube3.html)

Thanks
Colm
Last edited by radoulov; 07-13-2010 at 04:17 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
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Old 07-13-2010
Tools
Code:
grep " cache" <infile | tail -1

will show last line that matches criteria
# 3  
Old 07-13-2010
Does the '<infile' relate to the file I wish to pipe it into ?
# 4  
Old 07-13-2010
Code:
while read -r LINE
do
  case "$LINE" in
      "cache" ) var=$LINE;;
  esac
done < "myfile"
echo $var

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