search and cut

[armylogman]

I am trying to search Multiple files for a 6 character variable then if it is found cut the complete line out of the file . any help would be greately appreciated


Thanks

 

[hoinz]

man grep

 

[PHV]

man sed

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[duncdude]

grep -H 123456 *.htm

... this will look for 123456 in any .htm files in the current working directory - and return all the matches along with the filenames


Kind Regards
Duncan