ann kok wrote: > 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 grep '^10\.0\.0\.7$' file The ^ means the start of the line, \. means match a "." character. If you just used . it means to match any character. $ means the end of the line. -- Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia ngaywood@xxxxxxxxxx Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 3337 http://mcs.une.edu.au/~norm Fax: +61 (0)2 6773 3312 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
