I need a little help, trying to search for a line that begins with /dev and ends with a single digit that I will choose, like 5. I can search for ^/dev and 5$ but I am having trouble forming the combined search pattern using egrep. Any ideas? Thanks! jlc
Hey, On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 18:11, Joseph L. Casale <JCasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote:> ^/dev and 5$ but I am having trouble forming the combined search pattern > using egrep. > Any ideas?/dev.*5$ ? HTH, Filipe
Joseph L. Casale wrote:> I need a little help, trying to search for a line that begins with /dev > and ends with a single digit that I will choose, like 5. I can search for > ^/dev and 5$ but I am having trouble forming the combined search pattern > using egrep.If you mean any single digit not preceded by another digit: ^/dev.*[^0-9][0-9]$ -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.