On 11/29/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jacques B.: >> grep -ir "^put sentence here$" * Ingemar Nilsson: > Note that this will only match if the sentence is on a line by itself, > since ^ and $ means beginning of line and end of line respectively.
Exactly, thanks for pointing that out to the OP. Tried to keep my posting short and made it too short. I provided that on the assumption that the OP was looking to do exactly that, find something that was on it's own line. Jacques B.
