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Grep from bash return No such file or directory but work if the same command executed manually from CLI

If i execute below bash script named test.sh, I receive this error: ./test.sh: line 8: grep -irl -e"1234567891" ./save: No such file or directory If I execute the line above taken from ...
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grep unexpected behavior when [0-9] pattern is given on ubuntu [duplicate]

When I use [0-9] pattern to search for all numbers in a file, whether to use or not use single/double quotes around the pattern produces different outputs. $ cat numbers this line has 3 this line has ...
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HTTP logs using tcpflow with grep, redirecting to a file don't work (empty file)

I want to log some specific HTTP requests that have a keyword, that are coming to a specific port. tcpflow works fine, but I can't write filtered results to an output file. I don't understand why ...
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Redirect grep out to a file does not work [closed]

I am doing a recursive grep by the following command: grep -r "load" . > tmp.txt However, when I hit enter, the command does not execute and bash is waiting for more inputs.. My OS is Ubuntu 12....
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exit code of grep in trap where the script is launched by upstart service

Recently I encountered a problem in ubuntu upstart and trap in Bash shell. I use ubuntu 12.04. The upstart script(/etc/init/player.conf) is: start on (local-filesystems and runlevel [2345]) stop on ...
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How can I act on the results of the "locate" command?

I'm trying to find where check_dns is defined in nagios' commands.cfg file, although there are quite a few files. I know I could run something like find / -name "command.cfg" -exec grep check_dns {} \...
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