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exact word match in unix
Name: vijay.goriya Date: August 8, 2007 at 00:42:55 Pacific OS: Windows CPU/Ram: 256 Product: Windows xp
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Hi, I am using the command `grep -n -w GE.. filename | cut -d: -f1` for finding the GE.. in the file,but it also selecting the unwanted words like GN..,G.. etc.pls tell me how to find only GE.. in the file.
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