Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:15:01 -0800 From: "Greg Albrecht" <gregoryba@gmail.com> To: "Joshua Lewis" <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grep a file Message-ID: <39ed86f90701171215u56acb7c8y49a2c5eb840d0b13@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CDC3A051-F2E4-43E6-9200-9272C3C432FE@familyfunzone.net> References: <CDC3A051-F2E4-43E6-9200-9272C3C432FE@familyfunzone.net>
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this might work: grep -v '^\;' originalfile > newfile -g On 17/01/07, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> wrote: > I have a config file that uses ; as a comment character. > Unfortunately there are soooooooo many comments I can't read the > options that have been enabled. > > Can I use grep or another tool to pull all the lines in this file > that do not start with the ; and place them into another file so I > can actually read what this file is doing? > > Thanks for any help. > > > > Sincerely, > Joshua Lewis > joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Greg Albrecht (gregoryba@gmail.com) An Indie, Hip Hop and IDM Podcast: The Letter G http://theletterg.org
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