On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 06:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am using the below command
>
> awk -F: ' $3 ~/bharghav/ { print $0 } ' data.file
>
> but this command produces both
> Vijayb:12345:Vijay B bharghav
> vijaya:12347:vijaya bharghavi
>
> what to if I want only record containing exactly the word "bharghav"
> that is
> Vijayb:12345:Vijay B bharghav
If you're trying to get the first line containing "bharghav", try this:
perl -ne '/bharghav/ && print && exit' input_file
but I'm getting the felling that's not you're looking for... right?
Could we see the input file? (ok, maybe just lines 12345 - 12347)
:-)
jac
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Telbit - Tecnologias de InformaÃÃo
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