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hi linux expert
how can i find apostrophe (') symbol in text file by grep? for example for find 'test, the command grep " \'test" * is not useful.
Many Thanks
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I have never ever seen below notation for string substitution.
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For example, I have some words like these:
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This should replace the 1st and the 3rd occurance of "the":
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