Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fernwood!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!letni!mic!void!ozdaltx!root From: root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) Newsgroups: alt.sources Subject: Re: dictionary s/w w/ wildcard Summary: pattern matching - dictionary Message-ID: <7272@ozdaltx.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 91 15:48:23 GMT References: <1991Feb28.142828.208@ssd.kodak.com> Distribution: na Organization: AIDS INFO EXCG/OZ BBS - Dallas, TX Lines: 11 Any of the grep (*NIX) family of programs will do this for you; grep, egrep or fgrep. Also, so will sed and awk. All use the common wild cards in the same context, so if one dosn't do what you wish - another one will. good luck- Scotty ------ AIDS INFORMATION EXCHANGE BBS (214) 247-2367/247-5609 "Education is the best weapon" {mic,void,egsner}!ozdaltx!sysop || {uunet,smu,ames}!sulaco!ozdaltx!sysop