grep

[scriptfinder]

Hi!

May be a dumb question but I could not find a right option.

I have a file with the following 2 lines.

abc|123|456
abcdef|235|567|

If I do a "grep" on the file for "abc", I am getting both "abc" and "abcdef", so is there a way I can get the line that contains "abc" only?

Please someone help me.

As usual, you guys rock!

 

[PHV]

perhaps this ?
grep '^abc\|'

some flavors of grep admit the -w option.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[scriptfinder]

Works great! Thank you so much!