no difference i'm afraid On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:15:50 +1200 Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't you need the -e flag? > > (No I don't know for sure) > > Andy > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:03, you wrote: > > I am trying to use grep to match a sequence of characters followed > > by a tab character (hex 09, I have looked at the file in hex) > > > > so whats wrong with this? > > > > grep "nick\t" file ; or > > grep nick\t file ; or > > grep nick\x09 file ; or > > > > any other damn variation I try! > >