grep question

Kevin D. Clark kclark at CetaceanNetworks.com
Fri Apr 18 17:18:31 EDT 2003


Jeff Macdonald <jeff.macdonald at virtualbuilder.com> writes:

> How can I grep for \tfoobar\t?

grep '	foobar	'
      ^       ^
      |       |
      real tabs

You need to enter literal tabs here.  

Hope this helps,

--kevin
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