Hi all how can use grep or use other command to get exactly pattern eg: 10.0.0.7 only? eg: grep 10.0.0.7 file. I want to get 10.0.0.7 only not 10.0.0.71 10.0.0.72 10.0.0.7 thank you ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs