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Old 09-21-2010
grep, expecting 1 result, getting more
Hi
Please take a look below, I'm grepping for /app/oracle and would like explicitly that result and not /app/oracle/admin as well.

Code:
# cat /tmp/fs.list
/app/oracle
/app/oracle/admin

# cat /tmp/fs.list | grep -w "/app/oracle"
/app/oracle
/app/oracle/admin

# 2  
Old 09-21-2010
Code:
grep '^/app/oracle$' /tmp/fs.list

You don't have to use cat for grepping Smilie
# 3  
Old 09-21-2010
haha true story, thanks man that worked.
# 4  
Old 09-21-2010
Or use the "-x" (exact match) switch to "grep":

Code:
grep -x "/app/oracle" /tmp/fs.list

 
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