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Old 10-02-2010
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Originally Posted by puttster
...I think my problem is happening because my line is so long that its only showing the first one, ...
Why does the length of the line matter ? Despite the length of the line, grep should display all lines that match the pattern.

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Old 10-02-2010
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Why does the length of the line matter ? Despite the length of the line, grep should display all lines that match the pattern.

tyler_durden
I am very new to unix shell... I'm trying to teach myself this stuff so that it will be useful in my future in my computer life Smilie It is starting to get very frustrating so far. I mainly just have a grasp on sed and thats basically it.
# 10  
Old 10-02-2010
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Originally Posted by puttster
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--- It seems to me that within my code, It only prints the last line of the file that contains what ever I am grepping, any idea? it counts a certain number but displays the LAST line that it counts!
Just a hunch, but check if there are any funky characters in your data file.

Code:
od -bc your_file

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Old 10-02-2010
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Originally Posted by durden_tyler
Just a hunch, but check if there are any funky characters in your data file.

Code:
od -bc your_file

tyler_durden
funky characters meaning ] $ #? because if so then YES there are :P

however I used sed to get rid of some of them, but not all of them since that is not what i'm worried about at this moment!
... or can it have an effect on the grep?
# 12  
Old 10-02-2010
Paste the output of the "od -bc" command over here.

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# 13  
Old 10-02-2010
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Originally Posted by durden_tyler
Paste the output of the "od -bc" command over here.

tyler_durden
ill post a sample :P because its still going... 5mb file Smilie

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Do I have to sed out all of the #*&^%$ characters in my text that are scattered in the file in order for grep to work correctly?
# 14  
Old 10-02-2010
Your data file is messed up. Run the following command and then run grep.

Code:
dos2unix your_file your_file

If you do not have "dos2unix" in your system, try "dos2ux".
Otherwise, you could try this -

Code:
perl -pi.bak -e 's/\r//g' your_file

Back up your file before you run any of the commands above.

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