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Date:      Mon, 15 Apr 2002 14:46:09 -0400
From:      "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG>
To:        "'lcroker@megared.net.mx'" <lcroker@megared.net.mx>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: GREP !
Message-ID:  <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF1950@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu>

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Lu!s Croker [mailto:lcroker@matrix.corp.megared.net.mx] wrote:
>     Hi,  I need to filter a specific line  of /etc/passwd, 
> but grep can
> not do it... for example, if I want to filter the line of "luis" user,
> grep filter every lines that contain  luis word, (luis.croker,
> luis-alberto, etc.). Man specifics -x parameter for exact 
> matches... but
> it doesnt work, if I use it,  no one line is filtered...  How can I
> filter a specific line?, Any Idea or another method?

If you know the characters before and after the word you want, just include
them in the regexp...

HTH,
Ricky

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