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Old 05-30-2013
Still thin Perl is long winded and cumbersome to use ...
Code:
grep " $1 " completelist 
if [ $? = 1 ]
 then
echo "$1 not found."
fi

Is there a Perl solution that just as short sweet and fast ?
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Old 05-30-2013
I'm a fan of Perl but grep is better at being grep Smilie
Code:
grep $1 comletelist || echo "Not here"

EDIT: Though I sometimes use Perl over egrep because I know what regex library I'm talking to regardless of the host OS
Last edited by Skrynesaver; 05-30-2013 at 01:23 PM.. Reason: To ad egrep caveat
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