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Old 11-27-2007
how to search -n in a file with grep
can anybody let me know how can i search for "-n" in a text file; or if my file name is "-n" (which is legal in Unix) how do i deal with that?
thanks
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Old 11-28-2007
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Originally Posted by lamilami
can anybody let me know how can i search for "-n" in a text file; or if my file name is "-n" (which is legal in Unix) how do i deal with that?
thanks
Code:
grep '\-n' your.file

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Old 11-28-2007
yet another way,

grep -- -n filename

-- tells the shell that the next charachter is not an option for the command you're running, without either the "-n" or -- the shell assumes -n is an option to grep "or any command for that matter".
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