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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 1999 23:02:46 -0600
From:      Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com>
To:        Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: grep question 
Message-ID:  <19990227050246.DFDD946381@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:52:51 %2B1100." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990227154554.5415A-100000@garfield> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.990227154554.5415A-100000@garfield>, Brendan Kosowski
 wrote:
} 
} 
} How do I search for a string if it contains quotation marks ?
} 
} " is used by grep to mark the start and end of a string :
} ( eg: grep "string" filename ).
} 
} ie: How do I tell grep to search for: ( the dog said "woof" )

There is (as is usual for UNIX) more than one way to do that, but one
simple solution is:

$ grep 'the dog said "woof"' filename

-- 
   Jon Hamilton  
   hamilton@pobox.com



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