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# 1  
Old 11-13-2010
conditional multiple string matching
I need to print fileNames that contains multiple search strings conditionally.

Condition: Any file in the folder that has search strings
---> (b1b && d1d) && ( a1a || c1c ).

i.e File should have both (b1b AND d1d) AND (either a1a or c1c).

Where && is logical AND
|| is logical OR.

Code:
input_xxx.txt
a1=a1a
b1=b1b
c1=c1c
d1=d1d

Here is what I have so far, but its not working.

Code:
 
# How can I get this syntax working!?
$> find . -name \*.* -exec awk '(/b1b/ && /d1d/) && ( /a1a/ || /c1c/ ) {print FILENAME }' {} \;

Code:
 
# But If I give only one condition its working. 
$> find . -name \*.txt -exec awk '/b1b/ {print FILENAME }' {} \;
input_xxx.txt

# 2  
Old 11-13-2010
What you show as code means:
print a file name when a single record has 3 out of 4 search strings.

The example that works tells me that this is not what is in the data, nor is it what you mean. I am guessing that what you want is a list of files that have 3 out of 4 sprinkled somewhere in the file, not all on the same line. This works in ksh:
Code:
grep -l -e 'a1a' -e 'c1c' <( grep -l 'b1b' $(find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep -l 'd1d' {} \;  ))
#expanded out
grep -l  'b1b' $(find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep -l 'd1d' {} \; ) > t.lis
grep -l  -e 'c1c' -e 'a1a' $( < t.lis )

This is process substitution - feeding the output of process a into process b
My bash version == 2.05, so I can't test this in bash, just ksh.
# 3  
Old 11-13-2010
Try this,
Code:
find . -name "input_*.txt" -exec awk '{if(/b1b/){flg++};if(/d1d/){flg++};if(/a1a/ || /c1c/){flg1++} {if(flg==2 && flg1>=1){print FILENAME;flg=0;flg1=0}} }' {} \;

# 4  
Old 11-13-2010
For pravin27's code, if the input txt file has two b1b, but no d1d, it will also export the filename. If there are more b1b, d1d, (more than 2), if will not list it.

Here is the fix:

Code:
find . -name "*.txt" -exec awk '
/b1b/{a=1}
/d1d/{b=1}
/a1a/ || /c1c/ {c=1}
{if (a==1&&b==1&&c==1) {print FILENAME;exit}}' {} \;
./infile.txt

This User Gave Thanks to rdcwayx For This Post:
pravin27
# 5  
Old 11-13-2010
Code:
....
{if (a b c==111) {print FILENAME;exit}}' {} \;

Just another way Smilie
# 6  
Old 11-13-2010
Code:
find ./   \( -name "*b1b*"  -name "*d1d*" \) -a  \( -name "*a1a" -o -name "*c1c*" \)

# 7  
Old 11-13-2010
@becket !!
Quote:
Originally Posted by kchinnam
I need to print fileNames that contains multiple search strings conditionally.
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