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awk can do everything what grep can do and much more.
So 2 commands are not necessary.
awk does not need a single space as field separator, since this is part of the default. Default is a blank or any number/combination of spaces including tabs.
Your awk code is missing a blank between the "print" and "$0".
From your description I can't see if you want the whole line printed or just the part of it with the pattern; though the example would not be good for the 1st case, as this will always a match.
Anyway, if you grep supports "-o":
Last edited by zaxxon; 08-05-2013 at 12:05 PM..
Reason: spelling
I have this fileA
TEST FILE ABC
this file contains ABC;
TEST FILE DGHT this file contains DGHT;
TEST FILE 123
this file contains ABC,
this file contains DEF,
this file contains XYZ,
this file contains KLM
;
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One more question:
I want to grep "COS_12_TM_4 pattern from a file look likes :
"COS_12_TM_4" " ];I am taking scan_out as the input from the user.
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Hi,
How can I use find command to search string/pattern in a file recursively?
What I tried:
find . -type f -exec cat {} | grep "make" \;
Output:
grep: find: ;: No such file or directory
missing argument to `-exec'
And this:
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Hi
Need help for below coding scenario.
I have a file with say 4 lines as below.
DEFINE JOB TPT_LOAD_INTO_EMP_DET
( TDPID = @TPT_TDSERVER , USERNAME = @TPT_TDUSER ) ;
( 'DROP TABLE '||@TPT_WRKDB ||'.LOG_'||@TPT_TGT ||' ; ') ,
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Hello ,
Could anyone help me to define the string in regular expression way .
Below is my string
\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss Helv;}{\f1\fnil MS Sans Serif;}}
{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs16
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SH_5.55916.00.00.100029_20130601_0001_NUC.csv.gz|438|3556691115
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Hi,
I am trying to do pattern search using grep command. But i donot know what mistake i'm doing. I am not getting the expected Result. could any one please help me out?
$ cat b.ksh
AasdjfhB
57834B
86234B
472346B
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Hi
i am having a group of *.csh files under parent directory. Now i want to search a particular pattern in these group of *.csh files(suppose i need to search a pattern ABC - proj ). Can anyone please tell me how to do it using find command.
Thanks in advance
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For a Script I need to detemine which field of the unix environment variable SHLIB_PATH has the
WALTDB entry.
export SHLIB_PATH=/usr/user5/WALTDB/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib32:/usr/TZD/bin.wdad/mug/oracle/lib:
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -F: '{ print $1 }'
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