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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I hope somebody would be able to help me.
I would need to search a string coming from a file, example file.txt:
dog
cat
goat
horse
fish
For every string, I would need to know if there are any files inside a directory(recursively) that contains the string regardless of case.... (9 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Good Evening Folks -
I have a need to search a specific directory and ALL sub-directories for the following string:
Data Load UpdatedIf this string is found, I need to print content from the line directory above it between symbols, as well as the file name where it is found.
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
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:
find . -type f -exec cat {} \; -exec grep "make" {} \;... (12 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
one step in a shell script i am writing, involves Grep command to search a regular expression in a line an only print the string after the match
an example line is below
/logs/GRAS/LGT/applogs/lgt-2016-08-24/2016-08-24.8.log.zip:2016-08-24 19:12:48,602 ERROR... (9 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Don, this is not homework question. I work for a Credit card company and my development goal this year is to learn Unix. I would love if others can help me get started, thanks.
Hi everyone
I am new to Unix and need help writing a script that can ask user for an input, then search that input... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone,
I am new to Unix and need help writing a script that can ask user for an input, then search that input within a file
I know will have to use the read and grep commands, anyone can give me somewhere to start would help
Task: Write a script to display which volume pool a given... (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone,
I am new to Unix and need help writing a script that can ask user for an input, then search that input within a file
I know will have to use the read and grep commands, anyone can give me somewhere to start would help
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Forum,
I am using the below command to find files older than x days in a directory excluding subdirectories. From the previous forums I got to know that prune command helps us not to descend in subdirectories. Though I am using it here, not getting the desired result.
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have requirement to search string starting with specific characters and print whole matching word in that string.
example
mystr="ATTRIBUTE NAME="Event Name" VALUE="Execute""
I want to search by passing "NAME=" and result should be NAME="Event Name".
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am new to Unix world. Is there any command which can directly return the second occurance of a particular string in a file? Basically, I want to read the contents of the file from the second occurance of a particualr string. Can be implemented using a loop, but am just wondering if there... (5 Replies)
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