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Re: grep ... cannot escape the "." metacharacter.
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Stepan Kasal |
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Re: grep ... cannot escape the "." metacharacter. |
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Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:40:00 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
Hello,
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:51:56AM -0700, Dave Lee wrote:
> $grep 19\.53 testf
> Surely this is not a bug... .but How Do I Escape A "." ???
The backslash is interpreted by the shell. The simplest way to fix
the problem is
grep '19\.53' testf
Sincerely,
Stepan Kasal