topic Re: Search inside a script in Operating System - Linux

Search inside a script

hboo — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:15:14 GMT

Hello all
I´m trying to make a search inside a script of the string ".ec" and search works fine but search stops in strings like "conecting"
I supose it is because the string contains ec.. How i can do for only search strings with ".ec" including point.
Thanks...

Re: Search inside a script

IT_2007 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:20:15 GMT

open up with vi editor and then /.ec press Enter. To search whole file keep on pressing n letter.

Re: Search inside a script

Jeff_Traigle — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:23:12 GMT

. is a wildcard in the search. You need to escape it:

/\.ec

Re: Search inside a script

Arunvijai_4 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:23:48 GMT

Hi,

Why not use "grep" with wildcards?

-Arun

Re: Search inside a script

spex — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:24:34 GMT

Hi Hayse,

# grep '\.ec' file

PCS

Re: Search inside a script

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:24:41 GMT

Hi:

You need to escape the dot character since it is a metacharacter that means any character. In 'vi' type:

:/\.ec

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Search inside a script

hboo — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:33:16 GMT

Thanks all of you
Works good with :/\.ec

see you
; )

Re: Search inside a script

hboo — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:36:50 GMT

See you
; )