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Re: How do you "grep" in a string when you know how it starts and how it ends?

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Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> writes:
> Sorry for the convoluted title, but let's say I am looking for all the
> occurrences of "keep on *ing" in a file, so that it catches:
>
> keep on running
> keep on doing
> keep on walking
>
>
> I tried:
>
> $ grep -i "keep on *ing" file

The " *" matches zero or more spaces.

> and
>
> $ grep -i "keep on [a-zA-Z0-9_]ing" file

The "[a-zA-Z0-9_]" matches exactly one character from the set, so it
will match "keep on xing".

> but it obviously didn't work.

$ grep -i "keep on [a-zA-Z0-9_]*ing" file

That will match "keep on ing".  If you want to match at least one
alphanumeric before the "ing:

$ grep -E -i "keep on [a-zA-Z0-9_]+ing" file

This doesn't handle accented letters.

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How do you "grep" in a string when you know how it starts and how it ends? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-24 16:20 +0100
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