[Tutor] searching out keywords...

alan.gauld@bt.com alan.gauld@bt.com
Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:33:28 -0000


> >  cat log_fie | grep keyword > badwords_file
> >
> >This is much faster :-)
> 
> That's a good point.  If you have an OS that already includes
> a lot of utilities like this

GNU grep is available for most OSs and native in Unix/Linux and
now on MacOS X too.

On DOS there is the very similar (but less powerful) FIND command
or download the GNU grep.

VMS has its own equally powerful FIND tool.
(As does MVS if it matters!...)

Alan g.