Re: grep -f problem

Thanks for all replies. Now I have installed cygwin in unix mode and converted all my script files by running dos2unix *.sh. Everything works much better, thanks for all the help. I got the grep -f problem when running it in dos mode. I actually tried installing in unix mode but got lots of ":

Re: grep -f problem

If you set up CygWin to use DOS mode line ending, the \n should be \r\n. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: grep -f problem

On CygWin: $ echo -e "calvin\nhobbes">a $ echo -e "calvin chased\nblah blah\nhobbes">b $ grep -f a b calvin chased hobbes #!sh echo -e "calvin\nhobbes" > expressions.txt echo -e "calvin chases\nhis favourite imaginary friend\nhobbes" > text.txt grep -f expressions.txt text.txt $ ./a.sh calv

RE: grep -f problem

On 16 July 2007 15:12, Mårten Gustafsson wrote: > Hi > > I have a problem with grep -f. Here is my example script: > > #!sh > echo -e "calvin\nhobbes" > expressions.txt > echo -e "calvin chases\nhis favourite imaginary friend\nhobbes" > text.txt > grep -f expressions.txt text.txt > > The output