On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]>wrote:
> | I can get the first line by the command > <[email protected]> wrote: > | $*grep "MD5 " */reports/report.txt* > | If I want the next Network Activity > | $*grep "Network Activity" -A5 */reports/report.txt* > | > | However how can I get to do both of these in the same line so that their > | outputs are interleaved ? > \-- > > Learn to read manual pages. > > $ man grep > > As stated, multiple search patterns can be given using the "-e" option. > > I would also encourage you to use a standard file format (xml, yaml, > json, for example) for report.txt, so it can be parsed easily. > > The problem with $grep "MD5 |Network Activity" -A5 */reports/report.txt* is that after all the search I am getting 5 lines however I wanted to know if we can make two different -A switches for a single Grep command. -- Regards, Balasubramaniam Natarajan www.etutorshop.com/moodle/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
