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Old 10-07-2008
egrep from list in file
I'm sorry if this question has been answered already.

I have a file with a list of strings:

file_list:


I'd like to egrep another file (file_search) with each string on the list.

I'm not really certain how to start.

I tried something like:

awk '
NR==FNR{
a[NR]=$0
next
}
{
for(i=1;i<NR;i++)
egrep 'i'
}
' file_list file_search > outfile &


Basically I'm lost.

Thank you so much for helping.
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Old 10-07-2008
try grep -e option
go through grep man page
 
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