Retrieve only the matching pattern of a list in another list with grep

Asked Jun 18 '18 at 13:22

Active Jun 18 '18 at 13:29

Viewed 24 times

I have this kind of files:

file1 :

TMCS09g1008676.1
MAMBO.3.3.2.1
TMCS09g1008678.1
TMCS09g1008678.2
CSH.1.2
TMCS09g1008681.3
TMCS09g1008682.1
TMCS09g1008683

file2:

TMCS09g1008676
MAMBO.3.3.2
TMCS09g1008678
TMCS09g1008679
CSH.1
TMCS09g1008681
TMCS09g1008682
TMCS09g1008683

What I want to do is to retrieve only the matching part of file 2 in file 1. Basically only the "red" part of the terminal showing the matching with the command grep -w -F -f file2 file1
Is there a way to achieve this?
thanks in advance

edited Jun 18 '18 at 13:29

Rajat Jain

1,339
2
16
29

asked Jun 18 '18 at 13:22

mightaskalot

The expected result of your command is `TMCS09g1008683`, right? What's wrong with that? – Joe Jun 18 '18 at 13:45
1

add your expected output for clarity... may be you are looking for `-o` option? – Sundeep Jun 18 '18 at 14:08
Thanks! it was indeed what i was searching for. – mightaskalot Jun 18 '18 at 14:14
Possible duplicate of [Can grep show only words that match search pattern?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1546711/can-grep-show-only-words-that-match-search-pattern) – Sundeep Jun 18 '18 at 14:16

Retrieve only the matching pattern of a list in another list with grep

0 Answers0