Do you want to do this is a shell script (if so, which shell)
or do you want to do it programatically?

Steve

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> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:43 AM
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> Subject: [HP3000-L] MPE Alpha function and grep
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> 
> dear list
> 
> on-topic for mpe folks migrating to hp-ux. 
> 
> i was just looking at the mpe to hp-ux commands crossref at
> http://invent9k.external.hp.com/~csy/cmds.cgi   and had a question ('a'
> question???  yeah, right, the first of many, i'm sure).
> 
> it shows that the alpha function on mpe can be done using grep, but i can't
> figure out how to go about this.  
> 
> specifically, the alpha function on mpe works on a string, but the grep
> command expects a file as its input. i'm not sure how to: 1) grep for alpha
> only characters (i'm thinking that something like [A-Z | a-z] is needed, but
> i'm not sure of the exact syntax), and 2)get grep to look at a string and
> evaluate just that string.  can anyone give some pointers?
> 
> thanks!
> john maclerran
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