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Old 05-21-2013
IBM Grep failing on a certain string
Hello,

I am trying to issue the following grep statement to no luck:

Code:
root@server[/scripts/test]>ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep received/1 -c
grep: can't open -c
root@server[/scripts/test]

if i grep on received/1, it works..but there is received/1/pdf, received/1/txt, received/1/afp ...but they all have the -c that is part of a the syntax for the command I am looking at. Any suggestions?
# 2  
Old 05-21-2013
If you are trying to get the count using -c option, it should be:
Code:
ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -c "received/1"

But if -c is part of the search string, it should be:
Code:
ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep "received/1 -c"

If you don't enclose it in double quotes, grep will consider the 2nd argument as a file.
# 3  
Old 05-21-2013
Try quoting the search string:
Code:
ps -ef | grep "[r]eceived/l -c"

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