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Old 03-20-2012
Help with egrep command

Code:
cat /tmp/inventory.csv|grep AARP|egrep -v "T11|12.4\(7\)"

how do i exclude in addition to above 12.4\(3\)

I have tried adding this in i.e

Code:
-v "T11|12.4\(7\)|12.4\(3\)"

but it did not work

Last edited by methyl; 03-20-2012 at 07:43 AM.. Reason: please user code tags
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Old 03-20-2012
What is your input and your desired output?
# 3  
Old 03-20-2012
Alternations should be parenthesised
Code:
egrep -v '(T11|12.4\((7|3)\))'

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Old 03-20-2012
hey thanks Skrynesaver
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