On 07/06/29 06:29 -0000, mathewcos said ... > > I have a file containg the word 'hai' in my present working direcory. > File name is 'newfile'.I executed the the following command from my > present working directory. > > #grep hai *.* > > It is not selecting the file newfile. Why?
*.* will match anything that has a dot in it. Since 'newfile' doesn't have a dot in it, you are observing the above behaviour. Use "grep hai *" You should get a Unix basics book and work through it :-) Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://www.appaji.net/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
