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Hi, i need to parse a text file in order to search for certain words. How do i go about doing this?? Thanks
Jun 20 '07 #1
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Hi, i need to parse a text file in order to search for certain words. How do i go about doing this?? Thanks
Try 'grep'. For help, try 'man grep'.

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