Question is vague but this should generally work:
grep "some-name" *.tsv > ouput
Question
I have a tsv file with thousands of tab delimmited lines and I need to search for someones name and then copy the entire line to a seperate file over and over. Can anyone help? Thanks!!
Solution
Question is vague but this should generally work:
grep "some-name" *.tsv > ouput
OTHER TIPS
It sounds very simple:
grep "someone's name" tsv-file > separate-file
What's the catch? Is the name in one or two fields? Middle initials?