Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:29:30 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> To: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: searching for tab characters in grep Message-ID: <20000605172930.A16444@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: <200006052204.e55M4A110918@fedde.littleton.co.us>; from chris@fedde.littleton.co.us on Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:04:10PM -0600 References: <20000605165406.A16195@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <200006052204.e55M4A110918@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:04:10PM -0600, Chris Fedde wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:54:06 -0500 Glenn Johnson wrote: > +------------------ > > | 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. > > +------------------ > > The tab character is generated using ctrl-I (ie hold down the ctrl key > and press I). Most shells allow you to insert a "litteral" control > character by preceding it with a ctrl-V. Thanks. I had looked at the man page for tcsh as I suspected it had something to do with how the shell was passing characters to grep but I just did not grasp the meaning of ctrl-V. -- Glenn Johnson USDA, ARS, SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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