Grep a file

[Greg Albrecht]

try to 'sudo su' first, then run the grep.

-g

On 17/01/07, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis at familyfunzone.net> wrote:
>
> When I run:
> sudo grep -v '^\;'extentions.conf > new_extentions.conf
>
> I get:
> -bash: new_extentions.conf: Permission denied
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Joshua Lewis
> joshua.lewis at familyfunzone.net
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Greg Albrecht wrote:
>
> this might work:
>
> grep -v '^\;' originalfile > newfile
>
> -g
>
> On 17/01/07, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis at familyfunzone.net> wrote:
> I have a config file that uses  ; as a comment character.
> Unfortunately there are soooooooo many comments I can't read the
> options that have been enabled.
>
> Can I use grep or another tool to pull all the lines in this file
> that do not start with the ; and place them into another file so I
> can actually read what this file is doing?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Joshua Lewis
> joshua.lewis at familyfunzone.net
>
>
>
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