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Old 01-09-2011
grep/egrep fails with $ anchor?

The $ seems to fail for me. I'm using GNU grep 2.5.4 (that is, nothing out of the ordinary, just what came with my distro) but I can't get the final anchor $ to work for me. (^ works as usual.)

Behavior without anchor:
Code:
$ /bin/grep -E 'tium' file
tritium
tertium quid

Expected behavior:
Code:
$ /bin/grep -E 'tium$' file
tritium

Actual behavior:
Code:
$ /bin/grep -E 'tium$' file

That is, it finds no results. Any ideas?


Using -e to specify the expression doesn't help. Similarly, using double or no quotes gives the same result.
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Old 01-09-2011
Could there be non-printables or spaces following the ium?

Try piping the output of the first grep to od -c
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Old 01-09-2011
Oh, that's it -- it was formatted with Windows CR/LF. Thanks!
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