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# 1  
Old 09-02-2008
doubt in grep command
Hello

i am new shell scripting.

I have a file like this,

$ cat myfile

[%XYZ12345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;xyz
[%XYZ12345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/2;usr2
[%XYZ2345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;abc
[%XYZ98989%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/2;usr2
[%abc%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;usr1

when i grep the file.

$ grep "abc" myfile
[%XYZ12345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;xyz
[%XYZ12345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/2;usr2
[%XYZ2345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;abc
[%XYZ98989%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/2;usr2
[%abc%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;usr1

but i want to grep the lines which are having [%abc%] string.

so my expected result is

[%abc%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;usr1

please help me to get the result.

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-02-2008
Code:
grep '\[%abc%\]' infile

# 3  
Old 09-02-2008
grep -w '%abc%' infile
# 4  
Old 09-02-2008
actually the line is like this
[%XYZ12345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;xyz
[%XYZ12345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/2;usr2
[%XYZ2345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;Rand
[%XYZ98989%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/2;usr2
[%abc%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;usr1
[%Random%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;Rand


when i grep the file


$ grep "Ran" myfile
[%XYZ2345%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;Rand
[%Random%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;Rand

but i want to grep the following line which matches the [% "searchstring" %]

[%Random%];/abc/abc.cpp@@/main/1;Rand
# 5  
Old 09-02-2008
Code:
fgrep [%Random%] filename

# 6  
Old 09-02-2008
i want grep the file with out giving full word Random.
i will give only "Ran".
it has to grep the lines which are matches have the pattern [%xxxxRanxxxx%]

Note : xxxx may any string.
# 7  
Old 09-02-2008
Code:
grep '\[%.*Ran.*%\]' filename
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