On 9/24/18 1:56 PM, bruce wrote: > simple test file > cat gg.dat > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current > Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 100 42437 100 42437 0 0 590 0 0:01:11 0:01:11 --:--:-- 8789 > 100 41664 100 41664 0 0 140k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2034k > 100 34574 100 34574 0 0 133k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 133k > 100 42430 100 42430 0 0 179k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 179k > 100 42428 100 42428 0 0 207k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 207k > > I simply want to test/check for the actual string --->>>:--- 0<<< > > I've tested a number of different grep permutations.. missing something.. > > grep -i ":--- 0" gg.dat > doesn't work... > > I'm not looking to match regex but find the actual string. > > thoughts/comments > > thanks > _______________________________________________ Just off the top of my head, have you tried fgrep (or "grep -F")? This says to treat the pattern as a string and not a regex. That and surround the string with single quotes to be sure that the shell doesn't interpret it. *Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM* Founder, See How You Ski, www.seehowyouski.com <http://www.seehowyouski.com> Sr. Project Manager, Allman Professional Consulting, Inc., www.allmanpc.com <http://www.allmanpc.com> 617-947-4263, Twitter: @allmanpc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
