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Unix Shell: Check if Word exist in file or not
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7th November 2008, 01:37 AM
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Unix Shell: Check if Word exist in file or not
Hello,
I want to check if some word exist or not on some file By Example : word is : nixcraft file called : /root/shell.txt and i want to check if nixcraft word exist on /root/shell.txt file with if statement or another tool Any Ideas 
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7th November 2008, 02:50 AM
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try something as follows:
Code:
#!/bin/bash FILE=/root/shell.txt grep -w "nixcraft" $FILE >/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ] then echo "Word found!" else echo "Word NOT found!" fi
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