Match whole word using grep 1

[Michael42]

I am trying to grep the /etc/vfstab file to determine the partitions to backup. If I do this:

grep -i /usr /etc/vfstab

I also get my data partitions (/usr1, /usr2 ...). (-:

Please give me an example of doing a grep for just /usr but making sure it does not match /usr1 also.

Thanks for your advice,

Michael42

 

[olded]

Hi:

Does

grep "^/usr$" /etc/vfstab

work?

Regards,


Ed

 

[J1mbo]

How about:

grep "/usr " /etc/vfstab

the above solution only matches '/usr' if on a line by itself.

-jim

 

[Michael42]

This works great: grep "/usr " /etc/vfstab

Not sure why this does not work for me: grep "^/usr$" /etc/vfstab


Thanks all very much for your advice!

Michael42

 

[pavNell]

How 'bout
grep "^\/usr[^0-9] " /etc/vfstab

the [^0-9] meaning "Not 0 through 9"