I want to search a small string in a large string and find the locations of the string. For this I used grep "string" -ob <file name where the large string is stored> . Now this gives me the locations of that string. Now how do I store these locations in a text file.
Did you consider redirecting the output?
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Yes I want to redirect the output of the code to a text file
And where are you stuck?
After using grep -ob I am getting the location of the strings but I don't know how to store that in a text file.
Input and output redirection is a fundamental concept in all *nix OS, and even other proprietary OS have borrowed from them, so it'd be good to know their basics.
Use > filename to redirect some command's output to a file. Look into the man page of your shell for more insight.
Suppose I have given input a long string like SGHDRIAKGCJLFIFZKGCHXJFSGKCHVGZRUAJFAKGXLH
I want a text file storing the location of S like 1 24 .
Suppose the string is stored as some text file like string.txt
Now I give the command
grep "S" -ob string.txt
Resultant output is
1 S
24 S
I want to store this output in a text file.
By now we all have understood that. Haven't you read the answer RudiC already gave you in post #6?
Hint: just keeping on repeating the question will do nothing for your understanding. It might help to sit down in front of a terminal and start trying, though.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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