[WBEL-users] grep help

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:27:09 -0500

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William Hooper wrote:

>Timothy Nash said:
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>>It works for me on my linux box as well.  A friend of mine asked me this
>>question - not sure exactly what he's trying to do.  I just found out he's
>>using Solaris.  Anyone know why Solaris treats periods differently than
>>Linux.
>>    
>>
>
>Nope, but...
>
>  
>
>>When he issues any of the following commands:
>>
>>
>>grep -w "hostname" hosts
>>grep -w 'hostname' hosts
>>grep -w hostname hosts
>>    
>>
>
>These commands are correct to return both lines (and in the original
>example, all 4 lines).  The command that works is:
>
>grep hostname$ hosts
>
>This works because the "$" is a metacharacter that means "at the end of a
>line".  Perhaps the Solaris grep is a different version?
>
>  
>
grep hostname$ hosts returns all 4 entries
grep 'hostname$' hosts returns nothing
grep "hostnmae$" hosts returns nothing

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William Hooper wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Timothy Nash said:
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    <pre wrap="">It works for me on my linux box as well.  A friend of mine asked me this
question - not sure exactly what he's trying to do.  I just found out he's
using Solaris.  Anyone know why Solaris treats periods differently than
Linux.
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Nope, but...

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    <pre wrap="">When he issues any of the following commands:

grep -w "hostname" hosts
grep -w 'hostname' hosts
grep -w hostname hosts
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These commands are correct to return both lines (and in the original
example, all 4 lines).  The command that works is:

grep hostname$ hosts

This works because the "$" is a metacharacter that means "at the end of a
line".  Perhaps the Solaris grep is a different version?

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grep hostname$ hosts returns all 4 entries<br>
grep 'hostname$' hosts returns nothing<br>
grep "hostnmae$" hosts returns nothing<br>
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