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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