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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:52:54 -0500
From:      Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net>
To:        Greg Albrecht <gregoryba@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Grep a file
Message-ID:  <B43C5A3B-2DE3-4853-84FF-524B7C3F3D71@familyfunzone.net>
In-Reply-To: <39ed86f90701171215u56acb7c8y49a2c5eb840d0b13@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CDC3A051-F2E4-43E6-9200-9272C3C432FE@familyfunzone.net> <39ed86f90701171215u56acb7c8y49a2c5eb840d0b13@mail.gmail.com>

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When I run:
sudo grep -v '^\;'extentions.conf > new_extentions.conf

I get:
-bash: new_extentions.conf: Permission denied



Sincerely,
Joshua Lewis
joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net



On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Greg Albrecht wrote:

> this might work:
>
> grep -v '^\;' originalfile > newfile
>
> -g
>
> On 17/01/07, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> wrote:
>> I have a config file that uses  ; as a comment character.
>> Unfortunately there are soooooooo many comments I can't read the
>> options that have been enabled.
>>
>> Can I use grep or another tool to pull all the lines in this file
>> that do not start with the ; and place them into another file so I
>> can actually read what this file is doing?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Joshua Lewis
>> joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net
>>
>>
>>
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