On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 03:46:28AM -0400, Chuck Payne wrote: > Guys, > > I am sorry to ask such a newbie question, and my eyes are crossed, no > caffeine, and I have try everything on the man pages and my serveral books > and I am not getting the answer. > > Ok. Here are my two question, and two question they yet be. > > I need to know the flag for grep to get the exact phrase, for payne. > > when I do grep for payne...I like this... > > cpayne > cepayne > payne > apayne > > I know it got to be simple. > > Also, why can I do this zgrep -c, how can I get a count with zgrep. > > Again sorry I know these are simple newbie questions, but it late and my > brain is aching for CAFFEINE.... > > Payne
Chuck, there are different options depending what you want. If you want to grep: A line that starts with 'payne', this will do it: egrep "^payne" greptest If you want to grep a line 'payne' this will do it: egrep "^payne$" if you want a sentence that contains the word 'payne' then you need something different. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
