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This is a discussion on searching words in two files within the Shell scripting forums, part of the Development/Scripting category; Hi How can i search words in two files. suppose: file1 have the following words: ABCDEFGH and file2 have: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST ...
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07-06-2009, 04:54 AM
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searching words in two files
Hi
How can i search words in two files. suppose: file1 have the following words: ABCDEFGH and file2 have: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST How is it possible to search the words which are in file1 from file2??? Means file1 give the required words to be search in file2 Normally we use 'grep' command. e.g.: grep word filename If any script has to be write, please mention Regards Asim 
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07-06-2009, 04:41 PM
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Assuming that there is only one word in file1
Code:
word=$(cat file1) grep $word file2
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