Unix Tip: LINE # OF A PATTERN

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Unix Tip 3502 - September 11, 2011

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LINE # OF A PATTERN

If you are finding a
particular pattern in
a file and want to know
in which line no. it is
present then give this
command.

grep -n "pattern" <filename> | cut -d":" -f1

e.g. Finding hello in
hello.world file

grep -n "hello" hello.world | cut -d":" -f1

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