Sed or grep help

[chomps303]

How can I fina line if filed 1 eq a P


if I do a grep "P" I will get 3 I only want to get the 2 that start with a P
ie:

"P","123","abc345","678" < Get this one
"S","194","abc345","678" < don't get this one
"S","123","abc345","P" < don't get this one
"P","789","abc345","678" < Get this one

Thanks
Brandt

 

[PHV]

One way:
awk -F',' '$1=="\"P\""' /path/to/input
Another way:
grep '^"P",' /path/to/input

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[vgersh99]

sed -n -e '/^"P",/p' file.txt

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

 

[futurelet]

awk '/^"P"/' infile

 

[chomps303]

Thanks for all your good answers!!

Brandt