1. Log on to UNIX if needed.

2. List all the lines in forsorting that contain the character M.

3. List and number all lines in forsorting that contain the 

character s or S.

4. List any lines in new_file that contain neither of the characters 

e or a.

5. List any lines in forexercise that include and . Then list to a file 

the ones that don't include it.

6.Check how many lines in keep.home include the character a  at 

least once.


If it doesn't work:

A. Try these commands for items 2 through 6 if you have trouble:

grep 'M' forsorting
grep -n '[sS]' forsorting
grep -v '[ae]' new_directory
grep 'and' forexercise; grep -v 'and' forexercise > filenotfound
grep -c a keep.home 

B.Try fgrep (or grep -F) for simple strings or 
egrep (or grep -E) for others if you have trouble.

Questions? Robert Katz:rkatz@ned.highline.edu
Last Update July 23, 2002