On 2012-11-26 19:08Z, Roy Jensen wrote: > I've created a text file (in Windows) with the text patterns I wish to > search for. Using the -f switch, grep only searches for the last > pattern in the file. If there is a blank line at the end, grep finds > nothing. > > grep -a -A 4 -f pattern.txt my.file > output.txt
In case the file of patterns contains a carriage return, try: d2u pattern.txt then repeat the 'grep' command. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
