WebApr 5, 2011 · To match only the first occurrence of any regex expression remove all flags. Each regex expression comes with the following possible flags and typically defaults to using the global flag which will match more than one occurrence: /g = With this flag the search looks for all matches, without it – only the first match is returned WebApr 14, 2024 · 1 Answer Sorted by: 0 echo '' grep -o "]*>" Your .* is greedy, it matched the first > and beyond. My [^>]* is also greedy, but it cannot match anything that includes >, so > in the pattern matches the first occurrence of > in the input for sure. Share Improve this answer Follow answered Apr 14, 2024 at 8:43
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WebAug 23, 2007 · First occurence from grep Hi , supoose i have a file in which a word is repeated so many times. I just want the firts occurence of that word through grep and it should not go to the next one means get the first occurence and stop there. Suggest me some solutions. Thanks Namish Last edited by namishtiwari; 08-23-2007 at 08:46 AM.. # … WebJan 29, 2004 · Using grep to find only first instance Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion. If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in … projector for high end art
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WebApr 7, 2024 · The reason for adding +1 to the index here is so that the script will find the next instance if the selected text is already a found instance. For example, if I run the above script and it finds and selects the first "ali", without the +1, subsequent executions of the script will keep finding that same instance of "ali". WebNov 3, 2024 · I cannot find any way to match only the first occurrence of a pattern within each paragraph in a global GREP search – if there is one, please let me know – so the way I’m currently doing it is by iterating through all paragraphs in the document, then GREP search within each paragraph and apply the paragraph style to the first match – like this: WebApr 1, 2010 · Use the "-q" option of grep for this and check the exit code (0 means "found", >0 means "not found"). You might consider using sed instead of grep. You could tell sed to stop at the first occurrence, here is an example: standard grep way: Code: if [ -n "$ (grep "blabla" /path/to/bigfile)" ] ; then echo "found it" else echo "not found it" fi projector for halloween window haunts