Re: simple grep issue

[bruce]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Michael D. Setzer II
<msetzerii(a)gmail.com&gt; 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(a)gmail.com&gt;
> Date sent:              Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:36:09 -0400
> Subject:                Re: simple grep issue
> To:                     "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii(a)gmail.com&gt;
>
>> 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(a)gmail.com&gt; 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(a)gmail.com&gt;
>> > Date sent:              Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:56:27 -0400
>> > Subject:                simple grep issue
>> > To:                     Community support for Fedora users
>> > <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>> > Send reply to:          Community support for Fedora users
>> > <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>> >
>> >> 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
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