Re: Weird grep behavior

[Peter Grace <pgrace@xxxxxxxx>]

That's ok, it's the kind of "STFW" or "RTFM" that I've come to expect 
from fellow linux "enthusiasts"

:)

Pete

JRB Technology wrote:
> www.google.com
> search for "regular expressions"
>
> ;-)
>
> ( sorry, in grumpy mood )
>
>
> On 5/4/05, Peter Grace <pgrace@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Along this topic, does anyone have a good reference on regular
> > expressions?  I've seen people do some crazy magic with regexps and I
> > would like to become such a wizard myself.
> >
> > Fred Kulack wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, by default grep uses basic regular expressions.
> > > The dot means to match any single character.
> > > Use man grep and see the regular expression section.
> > >
> > > As you've seen,
> > >  Use fgrep to grep for fixed strings (or grep -F)
> > >  Use egrep to grep using extended regular expressions (or grep -E).
> >
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