use grep or other command to get exactly pattern

[John Summerfield]

ann kok wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> how can use grep or use other command to get exactly
> pattern eg: 10.0.0.7 only?
> 
> eg: grep 10.0.0.7 file. I want to get 10.0.0.7 only
> not  
> 
> 10.0.0.71
> 10.0.0.72
> 10.0.0.7

man grep
man regex

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