Hi Vikram, You can use $ grep -o '[ A-Z][a-z].V$' StockList30.txt $ grep -o '[ A-Z][a-z].TO$' StockList30.txt
$ indicates end in regular expression ^ indicates start in regular expression. Regards... abrar On 12/21/06, Vikram Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Experts, > > Im trying to extract the words ending with .V or .TO from the following > list > > AVWI.OB > AVX > AVX-P.V > AVXT.OB > AVY > AVZ > AVZ.TO > AW > AWB.V > AWBC > AWC > AWF > AWG > AWX.V > AXA > > Im new to grep/regexp, Im breaking my head trying to figure out wot would > be > the righ grep command for that ... > > I tried the following options , but im not able to construct the correct > regular expression > > $ grep -o '[ A-Z][a-z].V' StockList30.txt > $ grep -o '[ A-Z][a-z].TO' StockList30.txt > > Plz help me out in constructing the right grep command to retrieve words > ending with .V and .TO. > > Thx in advance. > > Regards > Vikram.
