Hamish wrote:
> > The proper command to search for the latter (assuming POSIX
> > `grep' [1]) is:
> >
> > $ grep -F r.cats *
>
> Right. FWIW my method was 'grep -rI r\.cats *'
If you're doing that from the shell, it needs two backslashes:
grep -rI r\\.cats *
or quotes:
grep -rI 'r\.cats' *
so that grep actually "sees" a backslash.
Or just use "grep -F" or "fgrep" for searching for fixed strings.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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