topic Re: grep in Operating System - HP-UX

grep

kestens jan — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:08:23 GMT

Hi,

This could be basic stuff,but I need help

I have a file on which I do :
grep "string" file.

output :

stringa
stringbe
stringc

For my script I need only the last entry of the grep result.
How can I isolate this entry.
(this case stringc)

Re: grep

Steve Steel — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:15:13 GMT

Hi

grep "string" file|tail -n 1

Is easiest

Steve Steel

Re: grep

T G Manikandan — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:17:22 GMT

cat |grep -E "stringc"

Re: grep

kestens jan — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:23:10 GMT

Sorry TG, but Steve's answer
was the one I'm looking for.

Greetz

Jan K