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Old 01-02-2009
kzmatam kzmatam is offline
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Grep for a negative number
Hi,

I want to search for a return code of -3. Using grep "-3" *.* is giving a syntax error. Please suggest as to how can we search for this pattern using grep.

Thanks,
Krishna