"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/
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Received on Mon Jun 20 2022 - 09:00:46 CEST