grep -e rather than grep -i
On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 9:43 PM ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 9/8/24 18:28, Go Canes wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 9:10 PM ToddAndMargo via users
> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I am literally looking for "9.4.5" with grep. Grep thinks
>> I want the dots to be wild cards. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> $ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/" -o -
>> | grep -i '9.4.5'
>
> Option 1 - '-i' makes the grep case-insensitive which doesn't matter
> if you are only grep'ing for numbers. If so, you can use "grep -F
> '9.4.5'" to grep for a "fixed string"; i.e. not a regular _expression_.
>
> Option 2 - escape the dots - grep -i '9\.4\.5'
>
> Option 3 - put the dots in square brackets - grep '9[.]4[.]5'.
> Alternatively, if you want to grep for *any* run of digits and dots -
> grep '[0-9.][0-9.]*' (there may be a more elegant way to do this with
> extended regular expressions)
Something is wrong. Tried all those before posting.
Verifying 9.4.4 exists:
$ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/" -o -
| grep -i CrystalDiskInfo9_4_4.exe
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:--
--:--:-- 0<a class="button green big-text download with-sub-label
extra-wide" href=""
title="/9.4.4/Cr ...
$ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/" -o -
| grep -i '9\.4\.5'
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
100 101k 0 101k 0 0 268k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
269k
<nothing>
$ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/" -o -
| grep -i 9[.]4[.]5
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
100 101k 0 101k 0 0 300k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
300k
<nothing>
$ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/" -o -
| grep -i '9[.]4[.]5'
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
100 101k 0 101k 0 0 295k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
296k
<nothing>
$ curl -L "https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/" -o -
| grep -i 9\.4\.5
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:--
--:--:-- 0 code: 'div-gpt-ad-1393435113147-0',
[728,
90],'div-gpt-ad-1393435113147-0')
SF.Ads.slotsById['div-gpt-ad-1393435113147-0']
<Wild Cards>
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