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|    Adam to Paul    |
|    Re: how to grep for pattern1 AND pattern    |
|    13 Mar 25 12:56:42    |
      From: adam@no_thanks.com              On 03/13/2025 12:16 PM, Paul wrote:       > On Thu, 3/13/2025 2:17 PM, Adam wrote:       >>       >> The following ...       >>       >> grep -e pattern1 -e pattern2 wget_output_file.txt       >>       >> is NOT giving the result that I'm looking for, which is BOTH patterns must       be in the file.       >       > "The egrep variant supports an extended regular expression syntax added by       Alfred Aho       > after Ken Thompson's original regular expression implementation.[12]       >       > The "fgrep" variant searches for any of a list of fixed strings using       > the Aho–Corasick string matching algorithm."       >       > *******       >       > sample.txt       > ----------       > I am a cat       > I am a dog       > I am a cat or a dog       > I am an elephant       >       > (stdout)       >       > $ egrep "cat|dog" sample.txt       > I am a cat       > I am a dog       > I am a cat or a dog       >       > "If at first you don't grep, try try again... with a egrep or a fgrep" :-)       >       > It's a good thing these are documented.       >       > Paul       >              I'm looking for AND (not OR) operator. So, both patterns must be in the       file (not line) or FALSE is returned.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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