On Aug 4, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
Are you sure it's grep that's broken?

No, not entirely.  :-)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] echo 'fee\nfi\nfoe\nfum'
fee\nfi\nfoe\nfum

Your shell's built-in echo doesn't understand the C-style "\n"; try using printf command instead of echo.

--
-Chuck

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