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Need To Delete Lines Based On Search Criteria

By angshuman

Hi All,

I have following input file. I wish to retain those lines which match multiple search criteria. The search criteria is stored in a variable seperated from each other by comma(,).

HTML Code:


SEARCH_CRITERIA = "REJECT, DUPLICATE"

Input File:

ERROR,MYFILE_20130214_11387,9,37.75
REJECT,MYFILE_20130214_12486,1,20
DUPLICATE,MYFILE_20130214_12486,8,17.75
REJECT,MYFILE_20130214_14903,9,37.75
ERROR,MYFILE_20130214_17108,9,37.75
DUPLICATE,MYFILE_20130214_1811,0,0


My ouput file should look like below:

HTML Code:

REJECT,MYFILE_20130214_12486,1,20
DUPLICATE,MYFILE_20130214_12486,8,17.75
REJECT,MYFILE_20130214_14903,9,37.75
DUPLICATE,MYFILE_20130214_1811,0,0


Thanks & Regards
Angshuman

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