That was the problem I did not notice there were two spaces. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Jacobson Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:07:25 -0700 (MST) To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: jump to May 6 in a log file > On Fri, 7 May 2004, Gary Nichols wrote: > > > On Sat, 8 May 2004, Jim Smith wrote: > > > > > I have a log file and I want to go to May 6 in it I tried / and then > > > May 6 with qoutes without qoutes with single quotes etc but no go, > > > what am I doing wrong? > > > > There are some opensource tools that do just that, but you probably just > > want to whip out a: > > > > grep "May 6" logfile | more > > > Indeed. Particularly make note of the two spaces between "May" and "6" in > Gary's example. This will get you every time. Lookig for "May 6" will not > return anything, but "May 6" will return what you are looking for. Two > spaces generally required when the day is a single digit. > > ~Jay > > -- > .. > .. Jay Jacobson > .. Edgeos, Inc. - 480.961.5996 - http://www.edgeos.com > .. > .. Network Security Auditing and > .. Vulnerability Assessment Managed Services > .. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss