Using grep to find one match per line

Hi,
How do you get grep to return a single line even when multiple matches are found on the same line?
I tried the (?-m) and (?-s) without success.
eg. searching for the string "sin" in the following line should return only one result not 2.
SG SIN Singapore
I don't want the search to stop after a single match, it should continue on successive lines
Thanks,
SB

Sure. Let GREP find an entire line at once: >^.*sin.*$ But it won't work, I'm afraid. You insist that looking for "sin" i will find a match in "SG SIN Singapore"; and not one but two. It won't. Try it. <pre> __ (..) _\</pre> Got that? So use the 'case insensitive' switch >(?i)^.*sin.*$ or (perhaps better, in this case), as you seem to search for the three letter codes, use >^.*\<SIN\>.*$

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\d\d?
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create table
routetest
as
select
1 routeid,
0000 routeposition,
null actiontype,
null activityid
from dual
UNION
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from dual
UNION
select
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 1 0
 1 1000 Delay
 1 1100 Activity Letter
 1 1200 Activity SMS
 1 1300 Activity Email
 1 1400 Activity Bar
 1 1500 Delay
 1 1600 Activity SMS
 1 1700 Delay
 1 1800 Activity Letter
 1 1900 Activity SMS
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/* ================================================================================================
REVISED May 14, 2009
REWRITTEN - to check for buffer overuns
Dumb utility which takes the output of pacman -Qi(e) and creates a tab delineated text file
showing the program name, description and file size, one program per line to be read
with a text editor or spreadsheet.
compiling -> q++ qi.cpp -o qi
Program can be run either as:
qi // which creates:
pacQi.txt // output of pacman -Qi > pacQi.txt
pacQi.xls // tab delineated text file of all installed programs.
or
pacman -Qie > somefile
qi somefile // which creates
somefile.xls // A tab delineated text file of explicitly installed programs
==================================================================================================== */
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
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int findString ( string, string );
string padString ( string, int,char = ' ') ;
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const int descWidth = 60 ;
const int sizeWidth = 25 ;
const int cstring_buffer = 100;
int main(int argc , char * argv[])
char ch ;
unsigned int findPos=0, start, len ;
char sourceFileName[cstring_buffer];
char targetFileName[cstring_buffer];
string strLine;
string progName, progDesc, progSize;
if (argc == 1 ) // no arguments provided creates pacQi.txt
strncpy(sourceFileName,"pacQi.txt", 12);
strncpy (targetFileName, "pacQi.xls",12 );
system ("pacman -Qi > pacQi.txt");
else // user supplied name
len = strlen(argv[1] ) + 6 ;
if (len > cstring_buffer )
cout << "\n\nProgram Exiting to Prevent Buffer Overrun\n\n";
exit (0);
//cout << endl << argv[1]<< " length is : " << strlen(argv[1]) << endl; // testing
strncpy (sourceFileName,argv[1], strlen(argv[1]) + 2 ) ;
strncpy (targetFileName,argv[1], cstring_buffer - 10 ) ;
strncat (targetFileName,".xls",5);
ifstream ifile (sourceFileName) ;
ofstream ofile (targetFileName) ;
progName ="";
progDesc = "";
progSize = "";
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getline(ifile,strLine);
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progSize="";
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if (findPos > 0 )
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ofile.close();
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int found;
string test;
test = source;
found = target.find(source);
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//========================================================================
string padString ( string str, int num, char ch)
string temp;
int len;
temp = str;
len = str.size();
for (int start = len; start < num; start++)
temp += ch;
return temp;
//===========================================================================
string formatstr(const string str, char leadchar, int prec, int strlength)
using namespace std;
int i1,i2,len;
int sptr,tptr,wholeDigits=0,fracDigits=0;
int fracPtr=0;
int noc,commaptr; //Number Of Comma's
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string temp,temp2,fracStr,wholeStr,s;
s=str;
len=s.size(); // Length of String w/o '-' sign
temp="";
if (str[0]=='-')
isNeg=true; // If negative kill minus sign
for (int i1=1;i1< len ; i1++ ) // Copy rest of string to s
temp=temp + str[i1];
s = temp;
len=s.size();
for (sptr=0;sptr <len;sptr++) //Find # of digits wholeDigits + in decimal
if (s[sptr]!='.')
wholeDigits++;
else
fracPtr=sptr;
hasDec=true;
wholeDigits=sptr ; // Represents digits before dec since sptr is at dec. don't increment
fracDigits = (len-(fracPtr)); // Back into # of decimal digits
break;
fracStr="";
if (hasDec)
for (i1=fracPtr;i1<len;i1++) // Build fracStr
fracStr=fracStr + s[i1];
temp = ""; // bugaboo caused by negativity
for (sptr=wholeDigits-1,tptr=0; sptr>=0 ;sptr--,tptr++ ) //Reverse wholeDigitsing w/o decimal
temp= temp + s[sptr];
temp2=""; // commatize reversed string to temp2
commaptr=0;
noc = temp.size() / 3 ; // S E E IF W O R K S
for (sptr=0;sptr<wholeDigits;sptr++)
if (commaptr==3 && noc)
temp2=temp2 + ',';
noc--;
commaptr=0;
temp2=temp2 + temp[sptr];
commaptr++;
temp=""; // Reverse commatized Reversed String (wtf)
for (sptr=temp2.size() -1 ; sptr >= 0 ; sptr--)
temp = temp + temp2[sptr];
s=temp;
len =fracStr.size();
if (prec < 0)
; // Put string back
if (prec == 0 ) // Leave out fractional part
fracStr="";
if (prec > 0 )
temp="";
if (fracDigits > prec) // Will Truncate decimal not round up
for (int i1=0;i1<=prec;i1++)
temp=temp + fracStr[i1] ;
fracStr=temp;
if (fracDigits < prec +1 && len >0) //fractDigits include '.'
for (int i1=1;i1< (prec-len+2);i1++)
fracStr=fracStr + '0';
if(len==0)
fracStr='.';
for (int i1=1; i1 <= prec; i1++)
fracStr = fracStr + '0';
s=s+fracStr;
temp = " " ;
temp[0]=leadchar;
temp= temp + s;
if (isNeg)
temp = '(' + temp + ')';
i1=temp.size();
temp2="";
if (strlength > 0 ) // Pad String for strlength
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temp2=temp2+' ';
temp = temp2 + temp;
s = temp;
return s;
Last edited by ljshap (2009-05-14 16:53:51)

Daenyth wrote:If you're using C, why not either use libalpm instead of system(pacman...), or add the functionality to pacman itself (-Qqi)?
I never heard of libalpm, but I'll look into for my own information.
If I added the functionality to pacman itself (assuming i knew how), I would have to change the source and recompile every time there was an update. My program should work with new versions unless there is a major change to the output of pacman -Qi(e).
My "program" produces the following output format:
52dec liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams. 207.860
aalib AAlib is a portable ASCII art GFX library 824.000
abiword A fully-featured word processor 12,833.000
abiword-plugins Various plugins for Abiword 4,199.000
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Obviously, the program has extremely limited usefullness unless you just want to to see installed programs, it description and size in a more compact format either out of curiousity or your planning on reinstalling but want to see the descrition as well as the program name.
I appologize if this functionality is already available in libalpm or elsewhere, but I figured I'd put it up in case anyone wanted it.
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Ignore Line break in find text using grep

Hi everyone!
I need to find the text in document using grep.
find text for :
Xereptatiuria que alique volo eium qui dolupid ut
voluptatiam earum saestorepel iuscit im quas et modisimodit.
The above sentence cannot having line breaks. But document having multiple line breaks.
so, please to give a tip to find the text using grep.
I am not excepting this type of result by following.
Xereptatiuriaque\n alique volo\neium qui dolupid ut\r voluptatiam earum\n saestorepel iuscit im quas et\n modisimodit. ------------this is not.
Any another way to find (i.e)., ignore the line break
simply like this,
(?s:Xereptatiuria que alique volo eium qui dolupid ut
voluptatiam earum saestorepel iuscit im quas et modisimodit.) --------- the line break wherever it is found,ignore line break in single command.
Thanks by,
John Peter.

johnp45247251,
what do you really want to do?
Like pkahrel in your other thread Find Grep And Ignore the line break said:
pkahrel schrieb:
You're a moving target: you change your question in each post. Do yourself a favour and go and read up on GREP.
johnp45247251, one question:
Could it be possible, that you doesn't understand correctly, how Grep really works?
<edit by pixxxel schubser>
Furthermore your example text is different to your screenshot. Your text is:
»Xereptatiuriaque\n alique volo\neium qui dolupid ut\r voluptatiam earum\n saestorepel iuscit im quas et\n modisimodit.«
And your screenshot shows:
»Xereptatiuriaque\n alique volo\n eium qui dolupid ut \rvoluptatiam earum\n saestorepel iuscit im quas et\n modisimodit.«
Normally the text should look like this:
»Xereptatiuriaque\nalique volo\neium qui dolupid ut\rvoluptatiam earum\nsaestorepel iuscit im quas et\nmodisimodit.«
Please explain what do you really want to do and exactly if additional spaces are exists or not!
Could it be:
you have a text with paragraphs and with many line breaks in that paragraph and there are no spaces exists before or after your line breaks. And is your destination to remove all the line breaks from your text?
</edit by pixxxel schubser>
Then the way is not to find the text completly and to ignore the line breaks – the way is to find the line breaks and replace with a space, e.g. like that:
find:
\n
replace with:
\s
(change all)
Regards
pixxxel schubser

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Thanks so much to all. A lot of really helpful folks on this board are very responsible for the success of this task. This script is to be one of hopefully many in the creation of our records. But it's a huge leap forward. Thanks again to everyone that helped.
Cheers,
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Automatically find town names in listings, and fill in table of contents template on page 2 accordingly.
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TOC replace
This script will use grep find/change methods to apply page numbers in
tocGen to the XX's on page2TOC.
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// set variable for while loop
var okGo = "1";
// while okGo isn't 0
while(okGo.length!=0)
// get town info from tocGen
getCurrentTown();
// replace XX's with tocGen info
replaceTown();
// grep find ... any remaining towns with page numbers in tocGen?
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^\\d+\\t(.*)$";
// set current value of okGo ... with any instances of above grep find in tocGen
okGo = tocGenFrame.findGrep();
// grep find/change all leftover XXs in page2TOC
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^XX\\t";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "\\t";
app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
// clear grep prefs
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
// functions                  //
function getCurrentTown()
// grep options
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = true;
// grep find: startLine anyDigits tab anyCharacters endLine
      app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
      app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^\\d+\\t(.*)$";
// get grep find results
currentGen = tocGenFrame.findGrep();
// store grep results content into currentLine
currentLine = currentGen[0].contents;
// match to get array of grep found items
currentMatch = currentGen[0].contents.match("^\\d+\\t(.*)$");
// second found item is town name, store as currentTown
currentTown = currentMatch[1];
// change current line to --- now that data has been grabbed
// this is because loop will continue as long as the above grep find yields a result
       app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^\\d+\\t"+currentTown+"$";
              app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "---";
            tocGenFrame.changeGrep();
function replaceTown()
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = true;
// find: XX currentTown .... replace with: currentLine
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^XX\\t"+currentTown+" \\(";
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = currentLine+" \(";
app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
function updateTOCGen()
//set vars ... toc text frame, toc master pag
    var tocGen = document.masterSpreads.item("T-tocGen").pages.item(0).textFrames.item(0);
    var tocGenPage = document.masterSpreads.item("T-tocGen").pages.item(0);
//SELECT the text frame generatedTOC on the master TOC
    tocGen.select();
//Update Table of Contents by script menu action:
    app.scriptMenuActions.itemByID(71442).invoke();
//Deselect selection of text frame holding your TOC:
    app.select(null);
//store contents of toc text frame in variable
    var tocGenText = tocGen.contents;
//return contents of tocGen
    return tocGenText;

Thanks for the reply.
You are correct but the problem is there are three rows, One row is 100% black, the second is 60% black and the third is 40% black. I want to change the black to blue, the 60% black to an orange and the 40% black to a light shaded blue. In the find/change option you can select the tint you want to find and replace but yea.. does work on table cells.. oddly enough.

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