On 7/29/07 Patrick James wrote:
>If you have this:
>
>\foo
>
>in a text file and search for it without "Use Grep" checked using the
string \foo then it doesn't find it :(
>
>The problem seems to be \f the special character for page breaks (form
feed).

Yes. \f (formfeed), like \t (tab), \r (carriage return), etc., is a
character construct, regardless of whether "Use Grep" is checked -- it's
not a regular expression (grep) thing. 

To find the string "\foo", you have to escape the backslash:
 Find: \\foo
 
HTH


- Bruce

__bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz__ca__

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