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Old 02-05-2008
need help with a script
hello
I need to write a command to list all files in my home direcotory that have the words "cable", "wire" and "wireless" in them. note that all three words must be in them. is it possible with grep?
best regards
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Old 02-05-2008
homework? read the rules!
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Old 02-05-2008
negative, not a homework! it's something I need to learn. was hoping for someone to give me some tips.
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Old 02-05-2008
so... use grep...

grep cable /path/to/files/* | grep wire | grep wireless
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Old 02-05-2008
Hi Nagraj

When u do a second and third grep, it will search for the patterns in the output of first grep i.e. in the filenames and not in files. Please let me know if i am wrong.
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Old 02-05-2008
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Originally Posted by bashuser
hello
I need to write a command to list all files in my home direcotory that have the words "cable", "wire" and "wireless" in them. note that all three words must be in them. is it possible with grep?
best regards
if they have a specific positions on the line
Code:
# grep "cable.*wire.*wireless" file

otherwise
Code:
awk '/cable/ && /wire/ && /wireless/' file

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Old 02-05-2008
thanks but those words might be in different lines, awk and grep both look for words into one line at a time.
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