grep replacement

[Geoff Rimmer]

In article <2450011 at hpsal2.HP.COM> morrell at hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell) writes:
>grep -n does this, but I'd like to see an option which ONLY prints the line
>numbers where the pattern was found.

How about

	grep -n pattern file | sed "s/:.*//"

?
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	Geoff Rimmer, Computer Science, Warwick University, UK.
	maujd at uk.ac.warwick.opal
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