grep end of line

[pg1234]

I am trying to find a pattern at the end of a line.

I am using fedora 6, in particular gnu grep version 2.5.1.

I tried grep 'big$' filename and it returns nothing where grep '^big' filename works fine as it returns lines that start with big.

I am trying to find lines that end in big.

Help Please!

Thanks.

[ghostdog74]

I am trying to find a pattern at the end of a line.

I am using fedora 6, in particular gnu grep version 2.5.1.

I tried grep 'big$' filename and it returns nothing where grep '^big' filename works fine as it returns lines that start with big.

I am trying to find lines that end in big.

Help Please!

Thanks.

i am more familiar with awk.

awk '/big$/{print}' file
 

[prn]

Hi pg1234,

I am trying to find a pattern at the end of a line.

I am using fedora 6, in particular gnu grep version 2.5.1.

I tried grep 'big$' filename and it returns nothing where grep '^big' filename works fine as it returns lines that start with big.

I am trying to find lines that end in big.

Help Please!

Thanks.

I don't find the same result. For example, also using FC6 and grep version 2.5.1, I have created a file bashem, consisting of the 3 lines:

#! /bin/bash
export SOMETHING="bash"
# bash this

And I get the following results (copied and pasted from a terminal window on the FC6 box):

$ grep bash bashem
#! /bin/bash
export SOMETHING="bash"
# bash this
 
$ grep "bash$" bashem
#! /bin/bash

Perhaps you could create a similarly small file and show us your results (by pasting into a "code" block).

Best Regards,
Paul

[pg1234]

I was able to get the right result when I created a file from scratch. I inherited this file and I think it has something to do with the format of the file. The file is UTF8.