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!
