Literal double dash searching using fgrep? in All Things Unix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21049186 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:50:30 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:50:30 EDT Re: Literal double dash searching using fgrep? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050075 thrillhaus : Perfect. Thanks all :)
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-thrillhaus]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050075 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:30:30 EDT Re: Literal double dash searching using fgrep? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049985 dave :
$ grep -- -- crap.txt
must dash -- things to do


The first '--' on the grep command line means 'end of options', so the second '--' is taken literally.

Actually, I guess this was the same as 'grep - -- crap.txt' suggested above by pablo2525 See Profile.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049985 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:13:58 EDT Re: Literal double dash searching using fgrep? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049834 shdesigns :
from the man page:
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049834 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:44:52 EDT Re: Literal double dash searching using fgrep? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049359 pablo2525 : Hi,

Here you go:
sh code:
$ cat x
This is some fun
We ate worms and bugs -- just kidding.
$ grep - -- x
We ate worms and bugs -- just kidding.

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pablo
openSUSE 11.0;KDE
ISP: TekSavvy DSL; backhauled via a 6KM wireless link]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049359 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:40:50 EDT Literal double dash searching using fgrep? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049186 thrillhaus : I know this is probably a stupid question.. but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use fgrep to search for a literal double dash (--). I've tried using [--] and some other variations. Google wasn't much help either. So I'd appreciate if someone could help me out here.

Thanks :)
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-thrillhaus]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049186 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:19:58 EDT