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How to use grep command????
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How to use grep command????

How to use grep command????

(OP)
hi, i am new in linux,i need to know how can is get the result for the follow using grep command.

1)All words in which "x" appears anywhere before "k".
2)All words in which "k" appears anywhere before "x".
3) All words containing both an "x" and a "k".
4) All words containing a "q" not immediately followed by a "u".
5) All words containing "ae",
and beginning with a lower case letter,
and not beginning with "ae",
and not ending with "ae".

RE: How to use grep command????

type in "man grep"

RE: How to use grep command????

Your better off using 'sed' for your purposes.

RE: How to use grep command????

I think you might have better results if you use awk.  The man pages aren't so good for awk.  See O'Reilly's book on SED & AWK.

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