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On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Robin Atwood |
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> <robin.atwood@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> Regexs are not my strong point! I am trying to get a list of service scripts |
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>> that provide virtual services. Each such script contains a line like: |
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>> provide dns |
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>> i.e. the line starts with one or more spaces, followed by the text "provide", |
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>> followed by one or more spaces and a single word. i have come up with: |
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>> grep -e ^\s+provide\s+\w /etc/init.d |
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> Right now you are saying: match one or more spaces in the begining |
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> followed by provide followed by one or more spaces followed by *one* |
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> word followed by one space and followed by /etc/init.d |
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> I think you mean: grep -e ^\s+provide\s+\w+ /etc/init.d |
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>> but, as usual, nothing is matched. What am I doing wrong? |
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I see your mistake....\w means alphanumeric character, not word. |
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>> TIA |
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>> -Robin |
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