hi agnello, >> you could use the following sed command to do this ( works similar like grep >> )
>> sed -n "/^[r]/p" filename methinks 'grep ^r filename' is more easy as compared to sed. ----------- Muzaffar Ansari +91 9224339939 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ---- From: Agnello George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:01:19 PM Subject: Re: [LinuxVadaPav] HELP ON GREP COMMAND On 8/28/08, PRASHANT KOKATE <prashu.linux@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear All, > We used GREP command to find the the specific word from the file,If i want to > find a word starting from letter "A" then how can i use this command > > E.G: vi/usr/share/ dict/words grep r <----------- --------- --------- > --------I WANT TO FIND THE WORDS STARTING FROM R > > CAN ANYBODY HELP ME > hi you could use the following sed command to do this ( works similar like grep ) sed -n "/^[r]/p" filename le me know !! -- Regards Agnello D'souza www.linux-vashi. blogspot. com www.bible-study- india.blogspot. com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
