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# 1  
Old 01-18-2012
Strange behaviour of grep in SunOS
Hi
I ahve 2 files with below content:
Code:
cat file1
FILE3
test1
test2
cat file2
file3
ghg
test1
test2

i want to use file1 as pattern file and find out the missing strings in file2.(i.e ghg in this case regardless of c ase)

I have tried:
Code:
grep -i -v -f /path/file1 /path/file2

But it gives:
Code:
grep: illegal option -- f
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .

My operating system is:;
Code:
SunOS  5.8 Generic_117350-60 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise

Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-18-2012
I saw this in the man pages of grep for SunOS: SunOS man pages

Code:
/usr/bin/grep [-bchilnsvw] limited-regular-expression [filename ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] -e pattern_list ... [-f pattern_file] ... [file ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] [-e pattern_list ...] -f pattern_file ... [file ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] pattern [file ...]

Would this be of any help?
# 3  
Old 01-18-2012
Thanks it works:
Code:
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -i -v -f /path/file1 /path/file2
ghg

# 4  
Old 01-18-2012
SunOS has different versions of the same utility for backwards compatibility; for example some of these are found in /usr/bin, usr/xpg4/bin, and /usr/xpg6/bin.

One notable weird exception: awk. The only modern awk is not awk, but nawk.
# 5  
Old 01-18-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
One notable weird exception: awk. The only modern awk is not awk, but nawk.
Yes.i have come across this many times in SunOS
# 6  
Old 01-24-2012
understand Man page
[QUOTE=balajesuri;302590954]I saw this in the man pages of grep for SunOS: SunOS man pages

Code:
/usr/bin/grep [-bchilnsvw] limited-regular-expression [filename ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] -e pattern_list ... [-f pattern_file] ... [file ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] [-e pattern_list ...] -f pattern_file ... [file ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] pattern [file ...]

Unable to understand the above code.Please mention a easy way to understand MAN pages in UNIX.

ThanksSmilie
# 7  
Old 01-24-2012
[QUOTE=adirajup;302592509]
Quote:
Originally Posted by balajesuri
I saw this in the man pages of grep for SunOS: SunOS man pages

Unable to understand the above code.Please mention a easy way to understand MAN pages in UNIX.

ThanksSmilie
The quick-and-dirty way to understand such things is to read them:
Code:
/usr/bin/grep [-bchilnsvw] limited-regular-expression [filename ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] -e pattern_list ... [-f pattern_file] ... [file ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] [-e pattern_list ...] -f pattern_file ... [file ...]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F] [ -c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvwx] pattern [file ...]

See the difference between different greps now, how some support different things?
 
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