Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:55:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: grep question Message-ID: <19990228105540.S7279@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990227154554.5415A-100000@garfield>; from Brendan Kosowski on Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 03:52:51PM %2B1100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990227154554.5415A-100000@garfield>
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On Saturday, 27 February 1999 at 15:52:51 +1100, 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" ) grep "the dog said \"woof\"" Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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