Incoming from dircha: > William Ballard wrote: > >I searched google a bit, nothing jumped out: > > > >Suppose the file '1' words seperated by tabs: > >host cookie 8 www.execsoft.co.uk > > > >$ grep '\b8' 1 > >host cookie 8 www.execsoft.co.uk > >$ grep '\t8' 1 > >$ grep "`echo -e '\t'`8" 1 > >host cookie 8 www.execsoft.co.uk > > > >I could have sworn that shells natively understood \t as tab, > >but apparently the only way to pass one to a shell is with > >`echo -e '\t'`, or `echo -e \\\\t`. > > I think the following is what you want: > > $'\tsomething'
grep <CTRL>qblah 1 Control-q is the same thing you do in vi to get the literal character. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
