[SOLVED] grrep only exactly matched line

Issue

I have a file and it contains lines

users:x:22845:test1
test-users:x:22845:test2,test3

If I run grep users: file, it shows both lines becuase both have users:.

How can I get only users:x:22845:

Thank you

Solution

Perhaps specify that the line must start with "users". You can use the caret (^) special character to anchor the match at the beginning of the line:

egrep '^users:' file

This will not match the line beginning with "test-users".

Answered By - jspcal