[SOLVED] assign full name to variable then grep a file for the variable

socalheel · 09-16-2013, 10:45 AM

i have a file that has multiple names in it named names.txt. the file contents are as follows

"james spader"
"james tidwell"
"brian stern"
"rachel thurston"
"bob denver"
"todd greenberg"

how would i grep a different file for the names within names.txt

here is the command i have but it greps the file for every instance of james, spader, james, tidwell, brian, stern, and not the full name (i.e. "james spader" "james tidwell" "brian stern" etc.)

Code:

for i in `cat names.txt`; do grep -i $i names_two.txt; done

schneidz · 09-16-2013, 10:52 AM

Code:

cat names.txt | while read i; do grep -i "$i" names_two.txt; done

#david-the-h

socalheel · 09-16-2013, 11:03 AM

you da man.

i found out about while read i after i posted this but couldn't get that working 100% either ... the "" in do grep -i "$i" did the trick.

thanks bro.

ntubski · 09-16-2013, 11:04 AM

Code:

grep -iFf names.txt names_two.txt

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

#david-the-h

You can't use that on a post containing a useless use of cat.