[ale] hmm. yer never too old to trip on Grep Reg Expressions

[Leam Hall]

Why not "^def*buff*altplan$"? Then grep v out things you don't want.

On 09/22/16 14:46, Neal Rhodes wrote:
> So, I need to look in about a bazillion source files for variants of
>
>     DEFINE BUFFER SNORT FOR ALTPLAN.
>     Define Buffer Blech for AltPlan.
>     Def    Buff   Blurf for AltPlan.
>     Def Buff Blurf for AltPlan.
>     def buff blurf for altplan.
>     define buff blurf for altplan.
>     define                      buffer                   blorf for altplan.
>     define  new shared buffer                   blorf for altplan.
>
> And grap 3 lines before, 10 lines afterwards, source file and  line#.
>
> I was thinking this would to it:
>
>     grep -i -B 3 -A 10 -H -n -r -f buf-grep.inp * > buf.grep.out
>
> Where buf-grep.inp was
>
>     def*buff*for*ALTPLAN
>
>     def*buff*for*ARM
>
>     def*buff*for*ARMNOTE
>
> Alas it is not thus, and the more I study the reg exp notes the more I
> see there error of my ways, and the less I see an expression that would
> work.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Neal
>
>
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