grep -w

[Jasmin Berube]

How do I grep for a whole word if I don't have the -w option available like on 10.20 and 11.00?? When I grep bob in a file I don't want to catch bobo as an example.

[John Poff]

Hi,

What flavor and version of O/S are you referring to? My HP-UX 11.11 grep has the -w switch in it.

JP

[Jasmin Berube]

I just want to be able to grep a word on all platform not just 11i

[Sandip Ghosh]

Try to give like grep "bob"

Sandip

[Martin Johnson]

Try grep "bob ".

(Space after bob - in case it doesn't post properly.)

HTH
Marty

[Jasmin Berube]

It's a good idea with the space "bob " but it's doesn't work.

[Bill Hassell]

The man page tells all...no -w for 10.20 or 11.0 (and very little likelihood that the 11i version will be backported to 11.0, no possibility for the almost obsolete 10.20 systems). You'll have to use the trailing (and perhaps leading) space method to find a specific word rather than a portion of any string.

[Oleg Zieaev_1]

Hello.

Putting your word in the "" will do the trick.

Hope this helps,
0leg

[Patrick Wallek]

And if you want to grep for a whole word regardless of case: grep -i " someword "

Note the spaces before and after the word.

[Jasmin Berube]

Thanks to every one, finally the solution was my word with a TAB at the end, like this "bobTAB" it's hard to show it but I guess you understand.