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chomps303

chomps303

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Sep 30, 2003
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How can I get sed to tell me what the line number is for a specific line?

ie:

file abc =
aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
cccccccccc

search for bbbbb and return line 2

Thanks

Brandt
 
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Try something like this:
Code: 
awk '/bbbbb/{printf "%d\n",NR}' abc

Hope This Help
PH.
 
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