"Greg Reagle" <l...@speedpost.net> wrote:
> ls | awk '/er.*/ {match($0, /er.*/); print $0; print
> NR":"RSTART"-"RSTART+RLENGTH}'
> debfoster-a-notes.txt
> 3:8-22
> vdirsyncer
> 21:9-11
>
> So there is a match on line 3 columns 8-22 and line 21 columns 9-11. Exactly
> what I want. I am curious though, is there a "better" way? A version of
> grep that has a column number option? Are just a simpler way of achieving
> this goal?
I'm using ag[0]. Does that fit your needs?
[0] https://geoff.greer.fm/ag/
--mb
