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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am a new Unix user and new to shell programming. I am working on a script to go through a log file and find the text error:
grep -i 'error' monplus.mplog
if I find the text error in the log file I would like to echo a message to the operator staing there is an error
I am currently... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dtracy01
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone,
i am german, so excuse my bad english.
i got a problem with the grep-command.
i got a file with a lot of entries and i want to grep some of them out into another file.
here is a part of the file:
1038194 ξΟΥΙΝ & δΕΞΗΑΜΠ, βξη 10, 1886, 486, ΝΟ.
1038195 1;
1038196 ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: JustAnotherUser
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I'm working on unix with grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1. I'm going through some of the newer regex syntax using Regular Expression Reference - Advanced Syntax a guide.
ls -aLl /bin | grep "\(x\)"
Which works, just highlights 'x' where ever, when ever.
I'm trying to to get (?:) to work but... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: MykC
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I looking to use grep to return a string with exactly n matches.
I'm building off this:
ls -aLl /bin | grep '^.\{9\}x' | tr -s ' '
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 632816 Nov 25 2008 vi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 632816 Nov 25 2008 view
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16008 May 25 2008... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: MykC
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a requirement where I need to search for 26 consecutive 000000.000 in a file. I tried using grep but it is not working.
The string I need to search is ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gpaulose
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I want to grep a word "success" from /home/user/ab123 and put it in a txt file. There are lot of directories under ab123 and subdirectories. So is it like this?
/home/user/123: grep -i -R "success" > grepsuccess.
Please give me a command...
Thanks. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: everurs789
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
As i understand the filter process of grep i was wondering, is it possible to to have a hidden word in a file(eg ------) and then use the grep filter to find a specific letter in that word which you can then replace with the letter in that word (eg ---a--) if it is please show me an example if it... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: ZAXTHEGREAT
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I wanted to search a for all lines containing ERROR but not errors that contained the word "foo" (for example). The only way I could figure out to do it was:
grep ERROR myfile.log | grep -v foo
is there a way to do this with one grep command instead of two? One grep is faster than two,... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: tim-bobby
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
when using grep -f file1 file2
if you have multiple entries in the pattern file1 that are the same will it take the line out of file2 that matches file1 each time it comes up? if not by default can you set a flag to make this possible? or another way - can you get it to search for and match the... (8 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
I need to grep for a string in a file which is in another string
For Ex:
This is the sample file
sample.txt
number 1234
name raje
passwd 1234
date 123
service 75
service 23
I have made a unix command like this, i am not sure this is correct or wrong. If any better... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: raje17
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