Grep Question

[BryanY]

Ok, basically I want to search a text file to see if one word, or another word, or a third word is present.

I tried grep -F 'first second third' file

but it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions?

(i used /usr/xpg4/bin/grep [Solaris] )

 

[vgersh99]

egrep '(first|second|third)' file

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[vgersh99]

or:
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E '(first|second|third)' file

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[ericbrunson]

or "grep -e first -e second -e third file

 

[fredericofonseca]

But really nothings is better than
man grep


Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com