The escape works only if you include everything in quotes, in my
experience, e.g.

cat jnk:
9.1.2
9n4n4
9.4.4
9.3.3


grep 9\.4\.4 jnk:

9n4n4
9.4.4


grep "9.4.4" jnk:

9n4n4
9.4.4


grep "9\.4\.4" jnk:

9.4.4

billo






On Sun, 2024-09-08 at 18:13 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 9/8/24 6:10 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > 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'
> 
> "." matches any single character.  You have to escape it.
> '9\.4\.5'
> 

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