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grep and egrep
Name: phgct2004 Date: March 29, 2004 at 23:18:05 Pacific OS: linux 9.0 CPU/Ram: 866/128
Comment:
hi,
i have few question regarding the using of grep to search for a word in the /usr/share/dict/words directory
1. how can i find all the words containing both an "x" and a "k" using grep -E. i try using = "grep -E *x.*k|*k.*x /usr/share/dict/words " but the resuct is only for *k.*x and *x.*k is not show?
2. All words containing a single "z" that is not adjacent to a vowel (this include words ending or starting with z)
Name: aigles Date: March 30, 2004 at 06:31:02 Pacific
Reply:
1) Words containing "x" and "k" : grep -E 'x.*k|k.*x'
1) Words containing a single "z" not adjacent to a vowel : grep -E '(^|[^aeiou])z([^aeiou]|$) | grep -Ev 'x.*x'
Jean-Pierre.
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Response Number 2
Name: Dlonra Date: March 30, 2004 at 12:02:51 Pacific
Reply:
you should always try "man grep"
is /usr/share/dict/words a directory or file?
man ksh or man bash - REs should be in quotes
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Response Number 3
Name: phgct2004 Date: March 30, 2004 at 20:04:40 Pacific
Reply:
hi,
how about i want use only 1 grep instead of 2 to search for a single "z" that is not adjacent to a vowel? (this will include words starting and ending with z)
thank
phgct
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Response Number 4
Name: aigles Date: March 31, 2004 at 08:07:48 Pacific
Reply:
Try this :
grep -E '^([^z]*[^zaeiou])?z([^zaeiou][^z]*)?$'
and now a new exercise for you : explain the command ...
Jean-Pierre.
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Response Number 5
Name: phgct2004 Date: April 1, 2004 at 01:03:34 Pacific
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