On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 4:04 PM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > ================================== hmm... i did this on another box/os... and got the expected results... weird.... ================================== > > > 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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