[wplug] simple regex

[Mike Kuentz (2)]

$ grep -v '@' filename 

Should do it.  -v gives you the inverse of what you are looking for.  In
your expression the ^ is interpreted as the beginning of the line.  It's not
<NOT> as I think you were trying.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Hutty [mailto:duncanhutt at attbi.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:48 PM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: [wplug] simple regex


I'm trying to parse a file for lines that do not contain the '@' character.
Some lines of the input contain this character, some do not.

grep '[^@]' prints all lines, regardless of whether they include '@' or not.

Presumably, I'm doing something silly here, perhaps someone could tell me
what?
Thanks,

-- 
Duncan Hutty
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