Re: Grep problem

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello.

> I want to exit after I find n matches in an input file. How can I do this?

you can program this easily with awk.  Find a good book on the topic,
for example "Effective awk programming", or read the manual of GNU awk.

You mentioned "grep -m <n>".  The -m option tells grep that it should exit
after <n> matching lines; if the line contains more matches it still counts
as one line.  Note that this definition slightly differs from what you want
to achieve; if the distinction is important for you, you have to use awk.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal