Grep for string? 1

[SpongeBob1]

Hi,

Does anyone know the command to grep for a string?

Thanks.

 

[toolkit]

[tt]grep string [ file ... ][/tt]
eg:
[tt]grep xyz a b c[/tt]
Will search for string 'xyz' in files a, b, and c
Cheers, Neil

 

[dickiebird]

But if you've space(s) in the search string, then you
must use quotes - singles or doubles - either's OK
and a \ in front of any characters that are meaningful to the shell - like $ or . or /
eg grep "Town Centre" infile
and grep "exec\.bat" infile

Cheers
DickieBird Dickie Bird
db@dickiebird.freeserve.co.uk