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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from
a file that have exactly three characters.

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / ripu

grep ^...$ <filename>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / leo

grep ^...$ <filename>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / manoj kumar kar

grep ^...$ <filename>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / usama el far

grep -n root /etc/passwd|cut -f1 -d:

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6 Yes

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / ramesh

grep "^...$" <file name>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / khushi

grep '\<...\>' filename

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / rajasekar utl

grep ^...$ <filename>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / saravan

grep -w [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z] <filename>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / satyawan

grep -n '\w{3}' <filename>

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Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characte..

Answer / chintalapudi

grep -x '^???$' <filename>

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