Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:04:10 -0600 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: searching for tab characters in grep Message-ID: <200006052204.e55M4A110918@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <20000605165406.A16195@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:54:06 -0500 Glenn Johnson wrote:
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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.
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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.
chris
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