Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mks.com!tslwat!louk
From: louk@tslwat.UUCP (Lou Kates)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: DELIMITED search
Message-ID: <339@tslwat.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 90 12:34:54 GMT
References: <1990Oct29.134654.18929@cid.aes.doe.CA# <1092@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Reply-To: louk@tslwat.UUCP (Lou Kates)
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In article <1092@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA# GHAVERLA@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA writes:
#In article <1990Oct29.134654.18929@cid.aes.doe.CA>, afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA writes:
# 
#> How, in general, can I do delimited searches in UNIX. i.e. How do I
#> search for say the string "the" without finding there their other
#> thesaurus...... AND including "the" at the beginning and end of a line
#> eh?
# 
#needs are, but the following will work.  Search for three different
#strings, and then combine the results.  The first string to look for
#is " the " (the in spaces), the next to look for is "%the" (sorry

In vi you can search for \<the\>.

Lou Kates, Teleride Sage Ltd., louk%tswat@watmath.waterloo.edu