Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cwruecmp.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cwruecmp!cmf From: cmf@cwruecmp.UUCP (Carl Fongheiser) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: is grep broken (4.2) Message-ID: <1188@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 00:43:40 EDT Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.1188 Posted: Fri Aug 17 00:43:40 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 12:21:58 EDT References: <14@harvard.ARPA> Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 10 Well, one other way to make sure you match only 5-character words is to say something like this: grep '^am.le$' /usr/dict/words This makes sure the string matching the pattern starts at the beginning of the line, and ends on the end of the line. Carl Fongheiser ...!decvax!cwruecmp!cmf