On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 03:36:45PM -0400, dbrett wrote: > > sort -n +2 list.txt | awk '{print $2}' | grep - list2.txt > > list.txt list2.txt > server1 10.1.1.1 server1 10.1.1.1 > server2 10.1.1.2 server2 10.1.1.2 > server3 10.1.1.3 server3 10.1.1.3 > ... server4 10.1.1.4 > ... > What I was hoping was the last grep would take the ip addresses from the > first file search for this IP address in the second file.
This is far from optimal, but I think you want the grep -f option. sort -n +2 list.txt | awk '{print $2}' > list.sorted grep -f list.sorted list2.txt Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list