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From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:54:06 -0500
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Subject: searching for tab characters in grep
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I know this is probably a stupid question but I can not find the
answer. How do I search for a pattern with grep when the pattern
contains tab characters. I have tried using \t but it does not work.

Thanks.

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Glenn Johnson
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