RE: Grep for tab character

> Because that starts up auto-complete. In other words, I don't know > how to insert a literal tab into a command line. > But I do not like that idea for scripts either - it can be difficult > to visually discriminate a tab from a space character, which can too > easily lead to errors. Then try

Re: Grep for tab character

Robert Mark Bram wrote: > > How about just using the actual tab character? I don't see any > > indication that > > grep is supposed to treat '\t' specially and it seems to behave that way > > on linux, > > too. > > I have read in many places that \t is a metacharacter for tab in regular > expres

Re: Grep for tab character

Hi Christopher, Thank you for your response! How about just using the actual tab character? I don't see any indication that grep is supposed to treat '\t' specially and it seems to behave that way on linux, too. I have read in many places that \t is a metacharacter for tab in regular expression

Re: Grep for tab character

Try grep "" i.e. type 4 characters being quotes quotes. I think that works. (I'm not certain that just typing always (ever?) works, for me anyway.) Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documenta

Re: Grep for tab character

On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 03:55:35PM +1100, Robert Mark Bram wrote: >I cannot seem to use grep for tabs. Here is what I have tried.. > >And these lines show how I am trying to grep for tab, but with no luck! > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$grep -e [\\t]How test.txt > >Robert Mark Bram - /tmp >$grep -e [

Grep for tab character

Hi All! I cannot seem to use grep for tabs. Here is what I have tried.. This shows that there are tabs in the file test.txt: Robert Mark Bram - /tmp $cat test.txt | sed s/[\\t]/tab/g tabdr tabHow tabHow tabHow tabHow How How And these lines show how I am trying to grep for tab, but with no luck! Ro