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Date: | Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:13:40 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Grep for tab character |
Message-ID: | <20050220051340.GA30669@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> |
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 03:55:35PM +1100, Robert Mark Bram wrote: >I cannot seem to use grep for tabs. Here is what I have tried.. > >And these lines show how I am trying to grep for tab, but with no luck! > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$grep -e [\\t]How test.txt > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$grep -e [\t]How test.txt > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$grep -e "[\t]How" test.txt > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$grep -e "[\\t]How" test.txt > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$ > >Am I missig something? Or is it cygwin grep? How about just using the actual tab character? I don't see any indication that grep is supposed to treat '\t' specially and it seems to behave that way on linux, too. What's wrong with just using tab? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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