it worked but one extra line with -- coming in between each entry but i have done like this way egrep -A1 "PUN/" filename | grep "mail:" output come perfectly thanks all for solving the issue so quickly
--- On Wed, 17/12/08, Nadeem M. Khan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nadeem M. Khan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LinuxVadaPav] advanced search script required To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 17 December, 2008, 7:10 PM On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:35 PM, ashok abraham <ashok...@yahoo. com> wrote: > with egrep also iam getting both the lines > > > cn: PUN/PROJ/RAJENDRA TEKADE > mail: rajendra.tekade@ shapoorji. com > -- > cn: PUN/PROJ/KIRAN PANDHE > mail: kiran.pandhe@ shapoorji. com Haven't tested this, but you could pipe it to grep -v like this: egrep -AN PUN filename | grep -v PUN Let us know if it works. Regards, NMK. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
