On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:51:05PM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/.maildir/.SPAM/cur $ cat * | grep -P m/\d+\.\d+\.\d > +\.\d+/
You might want the expression in quotes to prevent bash from intercepting those backslashes. grep -P '\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+' HTH, W -- Willie W. Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] 408 Fine Hall, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. -- [email protected] mailing list

