On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, at 3:00 AM, mb_AT_datameer.com wrote:
> "Greg Reagle" <list_AT_speedpost.net> wrote:
>> ls | awk '/er.*/ {match($0, /er.*/); print $0; print NR":"RSTART"-"RSTART+RLENGTH}'
>> debfoster-a-notes.txt
>> 3:8-22
>> vdirsyncer
>> 21:9-11
>>
>> So there is a match on line 3 columns 8-22 and line 21 columns 9-11. Exactly what I want. I am curious though, is there a "better" way? A version of grep that has a column number option? Are just a simpler way of achieving this goal?
>
> I'm using ag[0]. Does that fit your needs?
>
> [0] https://geoff.greer.fm/ag/
I tried the related program ack because it was easy for me to install (I don't see a Debian stable package for ag), and it does produce a starting column number. Thank you for the suggestion!
ls | ack -H --column 'er.*'
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3:8:debfoster-a-notes.txt
20:9:vdirsyncer
Received on Mon Jun 20 2022 - 15:02:13 CEST