fgrep

krishna · February 5, 2004, 4:26am

Hi Guys,

Can anyone explain why I'm getting error below? when I execute in other server there is no error, what could be the reason.

$ fgrep -f timecell.txt ldap_prev.dat
wordlist too large

$ wc -l timecell.txt ldap_prev.dat
372461 timecell.txt
3722878 ldap_prev.dat

Thanks in advance,
Krishna

jsilva · February 5, 2004, 5:48am

Hi,

It was supposed to work... what OS version and what's the path of the fgrep program you're using ? If you're using solaris, try to use the fgrep located on /usr/xpg4/bin, instead of the one on /bin directory.

oombera · February 5, 2004, 9:46am

These aren't exactly the problem you're having, but they're similar in that certain commands hit their limit with some sort of list and produce an error:

Like jsilva said, it'll help if you say what operating system / shell both servers are currently running - the one the command's working on and the one it's not.