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Old 02-11-2008
Parsing a configuration Test tile
Team I need help parsing a text file that meet the layout below:

high:850:856:214:855:810
med:852:304:310
low:315:240:323:310

I need to read each line and if for example a line start with high in in that same line there is a 850 or any other number then I wan to print it. The same ohld true for any other line.

Thank you
edpdgr
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Old 02-11-2008
lp -dprinter_name $(grep "high" file)

or

grep "high" file > file
lp -dprinter_name file


you can try....
Last edited by alamitab; 02-11-2008 at 04:06 PM..
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Old 02-11-2008
This will not work
# 4  
Old 02-11-2008
Code:
grep ^high filename | grep "[0-9]" | lpr

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Old 02-11-2008
Thank you very much this was so simple.
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