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I have a textfile with the following strings with a comma in them:

John,Smith
Jane,Doe

How can I grep * using this textfile? I've tried to use grep -xFf textfile * but I don't get any results even if there are files that contain these strings.

a sample datafile within * contains this line: 1231920383939,'unix:///run/John,Smith','{}'

input: grep -xFf textfile *

output: (blank)

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  • The data files contain text in this format: 1539198827392,'John,Smith','{}' if I use grep -xFf samplefile * I can't get that line for some reason Commented Oct 30, 2018 at 23:57
  • I think I can use grep -wFf textfile * instead, running some tests now Commented Oct 31, 2018 at 0:07

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Your problem appears to boil down to the erroneous inclusion of the -x option to grep, which requires that the matched text be the only text on the line. Remove the x flag and you'll get the results you're looking for.

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    Thanks Jeff. For some reason I couldn't get any output at first even when not using the -x option. The grep works now without the -x flag Commented Oct 31, 2018 at 0:12

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