Notes for myself.
To grep for a tab in bash.
Ctrl-v, TAB key to insert the tab on the command line.
Works with other characters as well.
In emacs, Ctrl-q, char key.
Found this out here.
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/37005/0/
grep for a tab in bash
lafemme said,
What the heck does this mean?
jehan said,
It means that you can enter the tab character by pressing CTRL-V before pressing the TAB key.
so you can grep -e ” yourFile
thanks for the tip. Been looking how to do that for some time now.
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