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Exclude a single file from grep 9 648 (5/11/2010 4:38:13 AM) comp.unix.shell Hi, Is there a way in which a particular file can be excluded from grep operations. Say, a directory has 15 files/directories and I want to using => grep -r "pattern" * Can I exclude a single file f... Melvin

Case insensitive searching in gvim 2 626 (5/7/2010 4:11:24 AM) comp.unix.shell Hi, Anyone knows what is the commnd I should add in .vimrc for making case insensitive searches. (: set ic command, but how to make this default?) Thanks gvim baby ... Melvin

Displaying directory structure at command prompt 13 639 (5/5/2010 4:47:49 AM) comp.unix.shell Hi, In my terminal, the command prompt doesn't show its present directory,i.e. the only prompt which comes irrepective of wherever I am is user@lin1-100> Is there any way I can appear the current d... Melvin

While loop in tcsh 8 7285 (1/22/2010 6:48:52 AM) comp.unix.shell Hi, I was trying to code a simple while loop in tcsh shell. #!/bin/tcsh set cnt=5 while ($cnt > 0) cnt = $cnt(`expr($cnt - 1)) end However I am getting the following error : cnt=4: command not f... Melvin

Print xth column of yth line 13 136 (11/26/2009 6:22:07 AM) comp.lang.awk I have a file having fields in a matrix fashion. What are the different ways in which I can print 3rd column of 5th row (i.e. NF =3 and line = 5)?? Thanks Awk baby ... Perl