thrillhaus
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| Literal double dash searching using fgrep?
I know this is probably a stupid question.. but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use fgrep to search for a literal double dash (--). I've tried using [--] and some other variations. Google wasn't much help either. So I'd appreciate if someone could help me out here.
Thanks 
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pablo2525
join:2003-06-23
| Hi,
Here you go:
sh code:$ cat x
This is some fun
We ate worms and bugs -- just kidding.
$ grep - -- x
We ate worms and bugs -- just kidding.
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pablo
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shdesigns
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from the man page:
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dave
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edit:
September 3rd, @10:18AM
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$ grep -- -- crap.txt
must dash -- things to do
The first '--' on the grep command line means 'end of options', so the second '--' is taken literally.
Actually, I guess this was the same as 'grep - -- crap.txt' suggested above by pablo2525  . |
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thrillhaus
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Perfect. Thanks all
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