Searching 2 Strings in A File

[Prasad, Ramit]

> > Dave, actually it's a 2 arguments. Sorry, i did not make it clear in my
> question. I used Ramit's hint and it worked. The code should be as follows:
> >
> > pattern = "({0}|{1})".format(x,y)
> > cmd_line = Popen(["egrep", pattern, aLogFile], stdout=PIPE, stdin=PIPE,
> stderr=STDOUT)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Do Nguyen
> >
> 
> If it's two arguments, then  you need pattern1 and pattern2.
> 
> But if it works, perhaps egrep is happy with a single argument.

egrep is happy with a single arugment because '(1|2)' is a regular 
expression meaning match either 1 or 2.

Ramit


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