On 23Apr2007 11:41, Dario Lesca <d.lesca@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Hi, how to found into string 2 or more word, only if are all present? | | % echo "aa bb cc dd"|egrep -q '(bb|dd)' && echo found | | This command show "found" if bb OR dd are in string. | But if I want show "found" only if bb AND dd are present into string. | | What egrep (or sed) command I must use? echo "aa bb cc dd" | sed -n '/bb/{/dd/p}' Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ What are politicians going to tell people when the Constitution is gone and we still have a drug problem? - William Simpson, ACLU