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Re: Grep multiple strings in a big file
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Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:46:13 +1000
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On 11/9/09 10:31 AM, "Ed Stockly" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So now I will write the results to a new file, then grep a pattern from that
> file that matches the third delimited item.

No need -- just pipe the results to the new grep command. Something like:

"egrep '^(696\\||873\\||981\\|)' " & quoted form of myFile & " | egrep
'<your new search>'"

-- 
Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>
AppleScript Pro Sessions <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

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