Hi,
> C:\>E:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe '/^ .*$/d'
> / .*$/d
> I'm not really sure but I think cmd doesn't treat single quotes as
> quoting characters - at least not in the way bash does.
That's true. In addition, the '^' in cmd is an escape character,
like the backslash in sh. Search for "string literals" in the
XP help and support center.
Also, why not
$ grep -v "^ " filename
(slightly faster ;-)
HTH,
Jan.
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