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Name: Mitesh
Date: September 17, 2007 at 04:09:15 Pacific
OS: Unix
CPU/Ram: Intel, 512MB
Product: Dell
Comment:

Hi,
I am a unix newbie.

I am trying the following to search for a number of words in a text file (@unix command prompt), but the entire file contents are displayed. Can anyone tell me where I am making a mistake? Thanks Mitesh

for i in `cat /tmp/mylist`
> do
> grep i /etc/passwd
> done

mylist contains Users names.

Thanks
Mitesh




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Response Number 1
Name: nails
Date: September 17, 2007 at 07:24:39 Pacific
Reply:

#!/bin/ksh

# untested as I'm not near a unix box and
# I'm assuming there's one word per line

while read i
do
grep "$i" /etc/passwd
done < /tmp/mylist


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Response Number 2
Name: Mitesh
Date: September 19, 2007 at 01:54:02 Pacific
Reply:

Ah silly me, I was forgetting to add the '$' sign before the variable.. It now works. Thanks mate!

Mitesh


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