It works! Thanks!

Le February 10, 2003 12:11 am, vous avez écrit :
> try
>
> grep '\$' someFile
>
> YOu need to enclose the expression in quotes
>
> On February 10, 2003 12:09 am, Cedric Veilleux wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >     What is the correct regular expression for a simple $ character? I want
> > to filter a file for any lines containing a $ char, but it does not
> > work..
> >
> >     man grep tells me $ is a special regular expression char.. I try to
> > escape it using \$ but it doesn't work..
> >
> > grep $ someFile
> >
> > grep \$ someFile
> >
> > grep "\$" someFile
> >
> > grep /$ someFile
> >
> > nothing gives me the result expected!
> >
> >
> >
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