How to grep for line-separated strings containing a comma in a text file?

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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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    Can't reproduce here; when I create a sample text file and sample input files, grep -xFf samplefile *, I get back all the files I'm expecting. Do the data files contain one of those textfile strings on their own line? (That's what -x requires)
    – Jeff Schaller
    12 mins ago










  • 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
    – kouichi
    8 mins ago











  • Edit the sample input and output into your question-- comments are inadequate.
    – Jeff Schaller
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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)






grep







share|improve this question



















  • 1




    Can't reproduce here; when I create a sample text file and sample input files, grep -xFf samplefile *, I get back all the files I'm expecting. Do the data files contain one of those textfile strings on their own line? (That's what -x requires)
    – Jeff Schaller
    12 mins ago










  • 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
    – kouichi
    8 mins ago











  • Edit the sample input and output into your question-- comments are inadequate.
    – Jeff Schaller
    6 mins ago












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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)






grep







share|improve this question















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)






grep




grep






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    Can't reproduce here; when I create a sample text file and sample input files, grep -xFf samplefile *, I get back all the files I'm expecting. Do the data files contain one of those textfile strings on their own line? (That's what -x requires)
    – Jeff Schaller
    12 mins ago










  • 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
    – kouichi
    8 mins ago











  • Edit the sample input and output into your question-- comments are inadequate.
    – Jeff Schaller
    6 mins ago












  • 1




    Can't reproduce here; when I create a sample text file and sample input files, grep -xFf samplefile *, I get back all the files I'm expecting. Do the data files contain one of those textfile strings on their own line? (That's what -x requires)
    – Jeff Schaller
    12 mins ago










  • 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
    – kouichi
    8 mins ago











  • Edit the sample input and output into your question-- comments are inadequate.
    – Jeff Schaller
    6 mins ago







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Can't reproduce here; when I create a sample text file and sample input files, grep -xFf samplefile *, I get back all the files I'm expecting. Do the data files contain one of those textfile strings on their own line? (That's what -x requires)
– Jeff Schaller
12 mins ago




Can't reproduce here; when I create a sample text file and sample input files, grep -xFf samplefile *, I get back all the files I'm expecting. Do the data files contain one of those textfile strings on their own line? (That's what -x requires)
– Jeff Schaller
12 mins ago












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
– kouichi
8 mins ago





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
– kouichi
8 mins ago













Edit the sample input and output into your question-- comments are inadequate.
– Jeff Schaller
6 mins ago




Edit the sample input and output into your question-- comments are inadequate.
– Jeff Schaller
6 mins ago















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