sed help

[chomps303]

How can I get sed to tell me what the line number is for a specific line?

ie:

file abc =
aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
cccccccccc

search for bbbbb and return line 2

Thanks

Brandt

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:

awk '/bbbbb/{printf "%d\n",NR}' abc

Hope This Help
PH.