grep -e rather than grep -i

On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 9:43 PM ToddAndMargo via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On 9/8/24 18:28, Go Canes wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 9:10 PM ToddAndMargo via users
> > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >> I am literally looking for "9.4.5" with grep.  Grep thinks
> >> I want the dots to be wild cards.  What am I doing wrong?
> >>
> >> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/"; -o
> -
> >> | grep -i '9.4.5'
> >
> > Option 1 - '-i' makes the grep case-insensitive which doesn't matter
> > if you are only grep'ing for numbers.  If so, you can use "grep -F
> > '9.4.5'" to grep for a "fixed string"; i.e. not a regular expression.
> >
> > Option 2 - escape the dots - grep -i '9\.4\.5'
> >
> > Option 3 - put the dots in square brackets - grep '9[.]4[.]5'.
> > Alternatively, if you want to grep for *any* run of digits and dots -
> > grep '[0-9.][0-9.]*'  (there may be a more elegant way to do this with
> > extended regular expressions)
>
>
>
> Something is wrong.  Tried all those before posting.
>
> Verifying 9.4.4 exists:
> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/"; -o -
> | grep -i CrystalDiskInfo9_4_4.exe
>    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
>    0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:--
> --:--:--     0<a class="button green big-text download with-sub-label
> extra-wide" href="/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/latest/download"
> title="/9.4.4/Cr ...
>
>
>
>
> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/"; -o -
> | grep -i '9\.4\.5'
>    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
> 100  101k    0  101k    0     0   268k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
>   269k
> <nothing>
>
>
>
> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/"; -o -
> | grep -i 9[.]4[.]5
>    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
> 100  101k    0  101k    0     0   300k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
>   300k
> <nothing>
>
>
>
> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/"; -o -
> | grep -i '9[.]4[.]5'
>    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
> 100  101k    0  101k    0     0   295k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
>   296k
> <nothing>
>
>
>
> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/"; -o -
> | grep -i 9\.4\.5
>    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
>    0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:--
> --:--:--     0                    code: 'div-gpt-ad-1393435113147-0',
>                                                              [728,
> 90],'div-gpt-ad-1393435113147-0')
>                  SF.Ads.slotsById['div-gpt-ad-1393435113147-0']
> <Wild Cards>
>
>
>
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