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Old 07-28-2005
help with egrep syntax
This may seem like a stupid question to anyone but a novice , but I need help with the following ....
can anyone tell me how to change the following command to an "&" rather then an "or"

egrep "GMED|S26" fileForfiltering > newfilteredFile

i need it to contain both strings (on the same line )not one or the other ...the man pages don't help
sample :
RUSSELL,WILLIAMINA S26 PARRI GMED
DOCHERTY,WILLIAM SSITU DONJO GMEDU
READINGS,EDWARD S55 YOUJC GER.AS
MCDONALD,NEIL S11 MORLI UROL
KENNY,JAMES S26 PARRI GMED
HEPBURN,ANNE S54 MITLA GER.AS
Last edited by Gerry405; 07-28-2005 at 02:10 PM..
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Old 07-28-2005
egrep '(.*GMED.*S26.*|.*S26.*GMED.*)' fileForfiltering > newfilteredFile
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Old 07-28-2005
Great !!!
thanks for that, I was nearly pulling my hair out ......It work a treat
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Old 08-06-2005
Yes thank you, I have also been trying to figure this out this morning.
 
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