On Saturday 24 May 2008, Andrey Falko wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Andrey Falko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Robin Atwood > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Regexs are not my strong point! I am trying to get a list of service > >> scripts that provide virtual services. Each such script contains a line > >> like: > >> > >> provide dns > >> > >> i.e. the line starts with one or more spaces, followed by the text > >> "provide", followed by one or more spaces and a single word. i have come > >> up with: > >> > >> grep -e ^\s+provide\s+\w /etc/init.d > > > > Right now you are saying: match one or more spaces in the begining > > followed by provide followed by one or more spaces followed by *one* > > word followed by one space and followed by /etc/init.d > > > > I think you mean: grep -e ^\s+provide\s+\w+ /etc/init.d > > > >> but, as usual, nothing is matched. What am I doing wrong? > > I see your mistake....\w means alphanumeric character, not word.
I had just realised that myself. However, it still doesn't work. :( Thanks for trying, though. -Robin -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
