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Old 10-20-2011
search for a set of characters and move
I want to search/grep for a set of characters in a file(all occurences) and move them to another file.
Any command line?

regards,
Sri
Last edited by Sriranga; 10-20-2011 at 07:17 AM..
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Old 10-20-2011
Code:
man grep

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Old 10-20-2011
thanx jayan_jay! it's the exact command i was looking out for....!!!
keep up ur good suggestions.
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