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chrisfirestar 02-09-2004 03:45 AM
grep [exact phrase]
 
I want grep to not be so general

eg more file.txt | grep 192.168.1.1
will find

192.168.1.1
192.168.1.12
192.168.1.121

etc... any way to make it ONLY do .1 and leave off the rest?

Chris

nielchiano 02-09-2004 04:16 AM
tell it to search for "192.168.1.1{END OF LINE}"

grep "192.168.1.1$" file.txt

chrisfirestar 02-09-2004 04:30 AM
i got it to work using grep -w "192.168.1.1"

thanks anyways though


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