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Re: not a grep bug, but...
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Ian Lance Taylor |
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Re: not a grep bug, but... |
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16 Jan 2002 00:07:55 -0800 |
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Charlie Root <address@hidden> writes:
> Not a grep bug, but hell if I can figure out how to make
> grep search for a tab.
> It's not:
> grep \t *
> grep \011 *
> grep ^t *
> grep ^v^t *
> grep [\09] *
> etc.
>
> Apologies for bothering you.
You're trying to be too clever. Do this:
grep '<TAB>' *
Where I typed <TAB>, press the tab key. If you are using bash, you
may need to type ^V first.
Note that tab is not ^T; it is ^I.
Ian