--- In [email protected], Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] >
Hi, I tried to use, #grep hai *" It shows the error, usegrep: invalid max count Regards, Mathew
