home user via users writes:
On 3/26/25 7:40 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:home user via users writes:I am indeed wanting the searches to skip the binary files (such as ".png" and ".mkv" files).I am indeed wanting the searches to take case into account.Now, try adding more not-letters-and-digits to the search string. It won't be long before things stop working again.$ echo 'j^k' >z $ grep '^k' z [zilch] grep can't find '^k' in a file that clearly contains it.Now, you have to go back to all your scripts and also include the -F option, for this.$ grep -F '^k' z j^ksigh. Should I replace the 'e' option with the 'F' option, or do I need both options?
No, it's either one or the other. You decide if you want special characters in search strings to be parsed as regular expressions, or not. There's no other option.
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