Roland, grep '[^;];;[^;]*' filename
[^;] match any character except for ; [^;]* match zero or many occurrences of any character except for ; Cheers, Neil. -----Original Message----- Sent: 02 October 2003 14:15 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hallo everybody, anyone whom can tell me what the command is to search for an empty field in a unix file. for instance if you want to find the empty spacelines if some lines looklike: 1;100;Name;; 2;200;Test;45; 3;300;Name;; I would like to find out line nr 1 and 3 here above. Anyone whom could suggest any good? Maybe this sounds simple but I have tried with /;; and cant find it. If iI use that command then I will get lines with ;;;;;; and i just want lines with two ;; Thanks in advance Roland -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: McBain, Neil SITI-ITDIEEE INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
