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Old 11-16-2014
Exclude certain file names while selectingData files coming in different names in a file name called

Data files coming in different names in a file name called process.txt.

Code:
1. shipments_yyyymmdd.gz
2   Order_yyyymmdd.gz
3.  Invoice_yyyymmdd.gz
4. globalorder_yyyymmdd.gz

The process needs to discard all the below files and only process two of the 4 file names available
Code:
Invoice_yyyymmdd.gz
globalorder_yyyymmdd.gz

How can I exclude the above files when doing selecting from the required files from process.txt

for e.gg i tried
Code:
cat process.txt | grep -v "Invoice*" | grep -v "globalorder*"

but its spitting out all the names. How can I exclude these files

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-16-2014 at 11:33 AM.. Reason: code tags (also instead of quote tags)
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Old 11-16-2014
Please use CODE tags as required by form rules!

Your grep works for me. Depending on what your system is, you could strip it down a bit:
Code:
grep -Ev "Invoice|globalorder" process.txt
1. shipments_yyyymmdd.gz
2 Order_yyyymmdd.gz

Don't use cat ... |. The stars are not needed; use egrep if grep -E doesn't work for you...
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