grep help

[Neelimaix]

hi i have a file with

nil-=100
nil=1000
nil=10002
when i do

$grep 100 filena.txt its printing all the lones

how can i print only one it matches ?


Thanks,
A

 

[PHV]

grep '=100$' filena.txt

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[p5wizard]

grep -w 100 may also do it, but not sure how grep defines a word. If a word is any character string delimited by whitespace, then it won't. Try it.

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[PHV]

Furthermore the -w option isn't (AFAIK) POSIX (nor X/OPEN) compliant.