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Re: Using $ in quotes with characters after it
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Mike Frysinger |
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Re: Using $ in quotes with characters after it |
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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:05:42 -0400 |
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On Friday 23 March 2012 20:52:49 Dan wrote:
> address@hidden:~$ grep '^abc.*$\?' testfile
> abc;klj?
> abcasdf
> address@hidden:~$ grep "^abc.*$\?" testfile
> abc;klj?
> abcasdf
> address@hidden:~$ grep ^abc.*$\? testfile
> address@hidden:~$
run `set -x` before these commands to see what exactly is being passed to
grep. the quoting/expansion rules of the shell are probably changing what
grep is actually seeing.
-mike
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