topic Re: grep problem in Operating System - HP-UX

grep problem

thebeatlesguru — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 08:18:58 GMT

how can i use grep to find two different things on the same time.
for example i wanna find "TOM" and "JIM" on the same time.

Re: grep problem

Steve Steel — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 08:22:20 GMT

Hi

Not really meant to do this but
script with parameters
file tom jim

file=$1
n1=$2
n2=$3
cat $file|while read line
do
echo $line|grep $n1
echo $line|grep $n2
done

Steve Steel

Re: grep problem

Robin Wakefield — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 08:23:59 GMT

Hi,

You have two ways with grep:

# grep -i -e tom -e jim filename

# grep -i -E 'tom|jim' filename

"-i" makes the search case-insensitive.

Rgds, Robin.

Re: grep problem

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 08:24:06 GMT

Hi,

This will do the trick.

# grep -e TOM -e JIM file_to_grep

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

Re: grep problem

federico_3 — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 08:24:16 GMT

do:

cat file | grep -e "TOM"-e "JIM"

ciao
Federico

Re: grep problem

Andreas Voss — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 08:25:51 GMT

Hi,

try it with egrep ie:

egrep '(TOM|JIM)'

Regards

Re: grep problem

Tim D Fulford — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 09:52:25 GMT

1 - grep -e "TOM" -e "JIM"
2 - (my preferred) egrep "TOM|JIM"

rgds

Tim