Getting a Grip on GNU grep

http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/317617:getting-a-grip-on-gnu-grep

by obsaysditto • 16 years ago

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bnoordhuis• 16 years ago

From TFA:

  grep '[[:punct:]]$' files

I suspect the author has grep aliased to `egrep` or `grep -E` because [:punct:] is an extended regular expression and GNU grep defaults to basic RE mode.

davnola• 16 years ago

Before you invest time in grep, take a look at ack-grep http://betterthangrep.com/.

  ack-grep --thppt

Getting a Grip on GNU grep

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