> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Echavarria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 7:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Flat File > > > Hi there, > > I have a flat file with the follwoing structure : > > city|name|phone|zip. > > The script save each row with "\n" at the end. > > If for example i wish to display all rows of the > cities in Miami. That is city=Miami. > How can i do it ? > I have been trying regular expresions, but has not > result yet. > Any ideas ?
Sounds like a job for grep: $ grep '^Miami\|' myfile Or, the perl equivalent: $ perl -ne 'print if /^Miami\|/' myfile -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
