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I am looking for exact string matches for multiple strings using grep.



Lets say I want to find the following three strings in a large data file that has about 10 Million rows and 10 columns. I want to query the file so I find all the rows that have the following exact strings in them. Thankfully only 1 column has 'rs numbers' so I don't need to specify the column:
rs123
rs246
rs689653



I tried the following expression and am returned all options that have these strings in them. In some cases, I'll see rows that have something like 'rs123456', where as I just want rows with the exact matches:



grep -E 'rs123|rs246|rs689653' queriedfile.txt


Then I tried the following expression with ^ and $ but received back NO matches to my query (and I know there are some).



grep -E '^rs123$|^rs246$|^rs689653$' queriedfile.txt


I'd really appreciate some input! Thanks!









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    I am looking for exact string matches for multiple strings using grep.



    Lets say I want to find the following three strings in a large data file that has about 10 Million rows and 10 columns. I want to query the file so I find all the rows that have the following exact strings in them. Thankfully only 1 column has 'rs numbers' so I don't need to specify the column:
    rs123
    rs246
    rs689653



    I tried the following expression and am returned all options that have these strings in them. In some cases, I'll see rows that have something like 'rs123456', where as I just want rows with the exact matches:



    grep -E 'rs123|rs246|rs689653' queriedfile.txt


    Then I tried the following expression with ^ and $ but received back NO matches to my query (and I know there are some).



    grep -E '^rs123$|^rs246$|^rs689653$' queriedfile.txt


    I'd really appreciate some input! Thanks!









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      Lets say I want to find the following three strings in a large data file that has about 10 Million rows and 10 columns. I want to query the file so I find all the rows that have the following exact strings in them. Thankfully only 1 column has 'rs numbers' so I don't need to specify the column:
      rs123
      rs246
      rs689653



      I tried the following expression and am returned all options that have these strings in them. In some cases, I'll see rows that have something like 'rs123456', where as I just want rows with the exact matches:



      grep -E 'rs123|rs246|rs689653' queriedfile.txt


      Then I tried the following expression with ^ and $ but received back NO matches to my query (and I know there are some).



      grep -E '^rs123$|^rs246$|^rs689653$' queriedfile.txt


      I'd really appreciate some input! Thanks!









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      I am looking for exact string matches for multiple strings using grep.



      Lets say I want to find the following three strings in a large data file that has about 10 Million rows and 10 columns. I want to query the file so I find all the rows that have the following exact strings in them. Thankfully only 1 column has 'rs numbers' so I don't need to specify the column:
      rs123
      rs246
      rs689653



      I tried the following expression and am returned all options that have these strings in them. In some cases, I'll see rows that have something like 'rs123456', where as I just want rows with the exact matches:



      grep -E 'rs123|rs246|rs689653' queriedfile.txt


      Then I tried the following expression with ^ and $ but received back NO matches to my query (and I know there are some).



      grep -E '^rs123$|^rs246$|^rs689653$' queriedfile.txt


      I'd really appreciate some input! Thanks!







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