ok... I'm losing my ever lovin' mind... As a test.. I copied the initial file, did a substitution of dashes "-" and spaces. Wanted to test to see if the basic grep would then work... To my surprise.. it didnt.. I also checked tos see if an alias of grep was in effect.. nope.. new test file cat /cloud_nfs/kk2.dat WW%WTotalWWWW%WReceivedW%WXferdWWAverageWSpeedWWWTimeWWWWTimeWWWWWTimeWWCurrent WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDloadWWUploadWWWTotalWWWSpentWWWWLeftWWSpeed 100W48454WW100W48454WWWW0WWWWW0WWW1861WWWWWW0WW0:00:26WW0:00:26WaabaabaaW12177 100W38380WW100W38380WWWW0WWWWW0WW97540WWWWWW0WaabaabaaWaabaabaaWaabaabaaW97540 100W51062WW100W51062WWWW0WWWWW0WWWW99kWWWWWW0WaabaabaaWaabaabaaWaabaabaaW2624k 100W38380WW100W38380WWWW0WWWWW0WWW118kWWWWWW0WaabaabaaWaabaabaaWaabaabaaWW118k 100W48118WW100W48118WWWW0WWWWW0WWW102kWWWWWW0WaabaabaaWaabaabaaWaabaabaaWW102k grep cmd.. grep -i 'baaWWWWW0' /cloud_nfs/kk2.dat 100W48454WW100W48454WWWW0WWWWW0WWW1861WWWWWW0WW0:00:26WW0:00:26WaabaabaaW12177 100W51062WW100W51062WWWW0WWWWW0WWWW99kWWWWWW0WaabaabaaWaabaabaaWaabaabaaW2624k where W -- was/is the " " and the "--:--:--" is the "aabaabaa" I'm sure this is something simple.. but I'm flumoxed. On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:45 PM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Michael D. Setzer II > <msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I copy the text you have, and my grep line doesn't return those two lines >> since they don't contain the string ":-- 0" in them? >> >> which grep are you using? >> which grep returns path? >> grep --help returns version number? >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Hi Michael, > > the grpe/version > > grep -V > grep (GNU grep) 2.20 > Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > >> Not sure why it seems to be returning lines that don't contain the string that it >> is suppose to match. >> >> >> On 24 Sep 2018 at 14:36, bruce wrote: >> >> From: bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> >> Date sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:36:09 -0400 >> Subject: Re: simple grep issue >> To: "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx> >> >>> sorry... >>> >>> the issue is that the grep i posted returns a match of a couple of >>> strings.. i'm looking to treturn 0/none.. >>> >>> >>> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current >>> Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed >>> 100 48454 100 48454 0 0 1861 0 0:00:26 0:00:26 --:--:-- 12177 >>> 100 38380 100 38380 0 0 97540 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 97540 >>> 100 51062 100 51062 0 0 99k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2624k >>> 100 38380 100 38380 0 0 118k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 118k >>> 100 48118 100 48118 0 0 102k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 102k >>> >>> grep -e ":-- 0" /cloud_nfs/kk1.dat >>> 100 48454 100 48454 0 0 1861 0 0:00:26 0:00:26 --:--:-- 12177 >>> 100 51062 100 51062 0 0 99k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2624k >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Michael D. Setzer II >>> <msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > The file doesn't have any :--- in it? So, what are you trying to match? >>> > All the : are followed by only two - not 3? >>> > Then none have 3 spaced and a zero. >>> > >>> > >>> > On 24 Sep 2018 at 13:56, bruce wrote: >>> > >>> > From: bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > Date sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:56:27 -0400 >>> > Subject: simple grep issue >>> > To: Community support for Fedora users >>> > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> > Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users >>> > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> > >>> >> simple test file >>> >> cat gg.dat >>> >> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current >>> >> Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed >>> >> 100 42437 100 42437 0 0 590 0 0:01:11 0:01:11 --:--:-- 8789 >>> >> 100 41664 100 41664 0 0 140k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2034k >>> >> 100 34574 100 34574 0 0 133k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 133k >>> >> 100 42430 100 42430 0 0 179k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 179k >>> >> 100 42428 100 42428 0 0 207k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 207k >>> >> >>> >> I simply want to test/check for the actual string --->>>:--- 0<<< >>> >> >>> >> I've tested a number of different grep permutations.. missing something.. >>> >> >>> >> grep -i ":--- 0" gg.dat >>> >> doesn't work... >>> >> >>> >> I'm not looking to match regex but find the actual string. >>> >> >>> >> thoughts/comments >>> >> >>> >> thanks >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >>> >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >>> >> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > >>> > >>> > +------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> > Michael D. 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