grep an exact match

Can anyone tell me the syntax for grep to grep and an exact match, rather than grep 'something1' and get 'something10', 'something11' etc... Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: grep an exact match

Try grep -w -Steve -Original Message- From: Distribution Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: grep an exact match Can anyone tell me the syntax for grep to grep and an exact match, rather than grep 'something1' and get

Re: grep an exact match

to grep and an exact match, rather than grep 'something1' and get 'something10', 'something11' etc... Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: grep an exact match

Rigler, Steve wrote: Try grep -w That will work if the word is on a line by itself. If there may be other words on the line, try this: grep '\Wsomething\W' That will match the target string only if it surrounded by non-word characters (whitespace, puncutation, end-of-line). Tony -- Anthony

RE: grep an exact match

PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grep an exact match Rigler, Steve wrote: Try grep -w That will work if the word is on a line by itself. If there may be other words on the line, try this: grep '\Wsomething\W' That will match the target string

Re: grep an exact match

Rigler, Steve wrote: From man grep: -w, --word-regexp [snip] I stand corrected. That's what I get for answering these questions from memory. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: