new to linux/Ubuntu/shell scripting . . .

[(रेवंत) Revant Nandgaonkar]

On 12/6/05, Rachael C. <amaroq3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> $ grep -w -e '\(.\)\(.\).\2\1' bigTextFile > palindromes.txt
> and
> $ cat palindromes.txt
>

cat is working, If grep isn't putting characters in palindromes.txt,
cat is just showing you a blank file

see the output of grep without adding
"> filename.txt"

if you see no output, you added no output to filename.txt and are expecting
to see some output

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