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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>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Grep for tab character
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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

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