Grep for beginning and end of line?

Question

I have a file where I want to grep for lines that start with either -rwx or drwx AND end in any number.

I\'ve got this, but it isnt quite right. Any ideas?

Answer 1

It looks like you were on the right track... The ^ character matches beginning-of-line, and $ matches end-of-line. Jonathan's pattern will work for you... just wanted to give you the explanation behind it